7mm Heyside: 7mm L&Y, late 50s/early 60s

daifly

daifly

Western Thunderer
BNIB = Brand New in Box. Otherwise I'm not sure what the problem is. This is an extruded polystyrene insulation material suitable for use below wood or laminated floors which just happens to have been seized upon by modellers as suitable for making aircraft or, in your case, walls. There ARE other suppliers depending on your colour/thickness requirements.

Cheers

Dave
 
daifly

daifly

Western Thunderer
I still don't see the problem - a simple Google for Depron will lead you to lots of suppliers.
It's surely the same product whether someone is advertising it for building architectural models, model aircraft, underfloor heating insulation or whatever.
What YOU want it for is none of their business. Just find the cheapest that meets your spec (colour/thickness) and inc p&p or nearest supplier for collection and go for it!

Cheers

Dave
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
End of the story? I have bought several 1250mm x 800mm sheets of 3mm grey plus a couple of tubes of the recommended adhesive. This is enough for our own layout and probably for the Club 7mm viaducts. I chose grey because the stone that the S&W Rly used for retaining walls was a pleasant pale grey... also likely to be a good base for Mierystock Bridge which has moved down the line to just south of Tufts Jcn.

regards, Graham
 
Jordan

Jordan

Mid-Western Thunderer
Dog Star said:
...Peter and I were im-"pressed" by the retaining walls of Heyside and we have decided to try the same material for our rendition of the Parkend retaining wall (at the back of the platform). ...
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You're doing a model of Parkend..?? As in Forest of Dean..?? :cool: :bowdown:

Do tell more..!!! :drool:
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
Jordan said:
You're doing a model of Parkend..?? As in Forest of Dean..??
Do tell more..!!!
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Yes... not quite...

I have been visiting the FOD for more than fifty years and have vague recollections of steam in the Forest, all the time little bits of the big picture have been festering away to gel into our interpretation of what happened in railway terms. Hence Mierystock bridge... Tufts exchange sidings, Kidnells Colliery, the DFPRS... all small thinhs which have been woven into a story that we are creating here. One day I might write more, just need to have a plausible reason as to why there is a Toby and a Nellie running the service.
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
Richard, what does the Heyside crew use for "scribing" the depron? Although I guess that "scribing" is not the most appropriate term for creating the mortar courses in the stuff.

thanks, Graham
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
Dikitriki said:
Nothing more than a reasonably sharp 2B pencil. I put a few details in post 439 et seq.
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Thank you Richard. I have re-read the posts from #439 and I still am not sure about how you set out the courses. The presence of "visible" lines beyond the setts suggests that you may have marked out the surface before forming the individual setts.... if that is correct, does the marking out leave troughs on the surface? The reason that I ask is that the retaining wall at Parkend (Severn & Wye) has regular courses... with some blocks that are either half height or double height. I do not fancy marking every stone individually as that is a sure recipe for inconsistency, on the other hand if I mark the courses and then do double height stones I do not want the double blocks to have a course line across the face.

regards, Graham
 
Dikitriki

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Hi Graham

Marking out does leave marks - anything does, so you have to be very sure the marks are in the right place.

My approach is as follows:

Mark out (ie scribe) all the horizontal courses where there are no extra large stones in the course - where you can rule straight across.
Mark out the verticals for the large stones that straddle courses.
Complete the horizontal marking out each side of the large stones.
Scribe all the verticals.
Scribe any half-height horizontals.

You do need to think ahead and plan the order as mistakes are all but impossible to erase without cuttong out and replacing. The Depron can be sanded, but sanded areas can be pretty coarse, so 600-800 grit or finer to finish off.

Yours

Richard
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
Thank you Richard.

I have started a thread about our layout where I have shown a mock-up of the bridge which will be our first experiment with Depron. I asked a question, there, about using 3mm Depron for the underneath of the arch and I shall welcome your thoughts on this question.

regards, Graham
 
Dikitriki

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Hi

Cynric came over Saturday to try the bank for fit and to discuss suitable colours. It will fit very well when the pavement has been completed. The chimneys are loose at the moment so if they are less than vertical, it is not a problem!

Some photos to show it in place....

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It's a cracking building - now we have to bring the rest of the buildings up to that standard.

Richard
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
At least we know it fits :) looking at the layout again I really must keep the colours very subdued and dirty
 
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