I hadn't originally planned to have a weighbridge hut on 'Callow Lane', but recently decided that there ought to be one.
The location is within the blue circle, at the bottom of the approach lane:
As documented earlier in this thread, I have been (slowly!) scratchbuilding a model of the Leckhampton building, using the drawings from the old EricPlans booklet, which for me is a bit of a nostalgic trip back to younger modelling days.
The building still isn't finished, but just needs the chimney and roof details finishing off.
In the meantime, I have been pondering how to place the Smiths etched weighbridge plate. I wanted it to be flush with the existing yard surface and not visibly sit on top of it.
The surface of the yard at that location is tile grout, laid in place a few years ago sanded very smooth, to represent a metaled surface (part of which has worn away in places, to reveal old cobbles beneath).
In the end, I marked out the exact site for the weighbridge plate and scored the tile grout, along the outline, with a sharp scalpel. I then got a rotary tool going and removed tile grout to a depth of approx 2mm. The sides were cleaned up and the etched weighbridge plate placed loosely inside, to ensure that it was not proud of the adjacent ground level:
The weighbridge hut building was also placed alongside, to get an idea of what it would look like:
The next step was to glue the etched plate in place, using 5 minute epoxy. Sufficient epoxy was used to act as a 'filler' between the tile grout and the plate itself and the whole thing weighed down until the glue had cured overnight.
A very thin gap around the sides of the brass plate were then filled with a mixture of Polyfilla and PVA and left to set overnight.
I then marked round the weighbridge plate, to show where I would scribe some surrounding granite setts:
I then scribed the setts into the tile grout:
Next steps, apart from finishing the weighbridge hut, will be to spray the brass plate with primer and a top coat and paint the surrounding granite setts.
