4mm Polsarrett: BR(S) N Cornwall Clay, The Final Countdown

[Pencarrow]

And then outside to action item 1 on the list...



Halfords grey primer on first. Then a waft in places with an off white to represent the clay dust. And finally some contrasting brown for the roof timbers. Nothing too detailed or accurate - I was after an impression only.

In the final 2 photos the front roof is loose and upsidedown to allow the paint to dry.

 

[GrahameH]

Nice work Penkiboy coming along very nicely !

 

[Rob R]

With regard to item 8, I can't decide if the roof should be tiled or tin sheets. Any thoughts?

Crinkley tin wins everytime, especially post war.
Also makes a nice contrast to the concrete and stone.
R

 

[Jeremy Good]

If it’s an active dry I think it should be tiled. If I remember correctly the tiles/slates are spaced to allow ventilation as the hot, damp air released from drying the clay needs to be able to vent out of the building. Certainly when Andrew Ullyott built the dries on Wheal Elizabeth he used individually laid and spaced slates and it looks right.

I don’t recall seeing crinkly tin/asbestos on active dries although it does appear on clay stores and plenty of the ancillary buildings in the clay areas.

I really like the roof framing and it should give some really interesting views into the building. The enlarged building also looks much more plausible on the layout as these facilities were generally pretty large facilities if they were to remain financially viable.

Looking forward to seeing this develop.

Jeremy

 

[Pencarrow]

Oh no, one vote to tin, one vote to tile: penalty shootout?

 

[NHY 581]

Oh no, one vote to tin, one vote to tile: penalty shootout?

If I recall correctly, it's documented in one of Michael Messenger's more obscure volumes that the owners of Polparrot made extensive use of wriggly tin in their buildings.

Rob

 

[Jeremy Good]

Looking at some photos of dries on-line there does appear to be a fair amount of corrugated asbestos roof sheeting in use but with raised vents at the apex of the roof to allow venting. Maybe not as clear cut as my initial response and probably down to what looks best alongside other structures and how much time you’ve got for the roof. Individual slates might take some time….!

Maybe crinkly stuff has scored in extra time!

 

[Pencarrow]

Thanks all.

The dries will be vented at the apex and, as much as it would look nice, I'm more inclined to go with the sheeted roof at the moment. I'm awaiting delivery of some books with clay industry photos in, so the final decision will be made after giving them a good perusal.

 

[Pencarrow]

Now then. Research done on roofs and even back to the 1930s there seems to be a good mix of tiles and corrugated sheet materials used.

On the basis that I can reuse / modify the original KMRC dries roofs, and I can't face separately tiling them, I'm going to go with the sheet option.

Of all the photos I looked at, the one below in the Middleton Press, West Cornwall Mineral Railways book by Maurice Dart (plate 36) caught my eye as worth using as my reference. Dated as 1930s and the location is Carpella siding.

 

[Pencarrow]

And whilst epoxy is setting on the kilns...

...some Das applied to the road and yard:



I bought the stone variety, on the basis that grey is a good base colour. Will be interesting to see how it dries off.

 

[Pencarrow]

And the extra area if the gable end has now been blended in to the smaller KMRC resin end. This is a bit of an experiment with Das...

 

[NHY 581]

I see the Beastly Well Tanks have boxed in the poor little Pannier.

 

[JasonBz]

The Dries certainly look much more like Dries now - They are all pretty big buildings, even the little out of the way rustic ones.
I think Mr Rice built the ones on Trerice to near HO scale to stop them dwarfing everything else..

More interesting though, is just how the BWTs will react if they ever meet a BR class 03 (which most likely did happen at some point!)

 

[Pencarrow]

The Dries certainly look much more like Dries now - They are all pretty big buildings, even the little out of the way rustic ones.
I think Mr Rice built the ones on Trerice to near HO scale to stop them dwarfing everything else..

More interesting though, is just how the BWTs will react if they ever meet a BR class 03 (which most likely did happen at some point!)

Cheers chap, glad I went for it and made the minor modifications.

Now then... The Beattie tanks would have met the 1366s and potentially the 1366s met the St Blazey 03s but I don't think the Beattie tanks and the 03s ever met. Probably a good thing. They get quite defensive of their patch.

 

[Pencarrow]

I see the Beastly Well Tanks have boxed in the poor little Pannier.

For its own protection.

 

[simond]

Talking of which, of no artistic merit whatsoever, but hopefully useful detail, the BWT in the museum at Quainton,

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

 

[Pencarrow]

Cheers Simon, I'll file those away in the folder for the eventual 7mm build.

 

[GrahameH]

Cheers Simon, I'll file those away in the folder for the eventual 7mm build.

But not before finishing the Pannier !

 

[Pencarrow]

But not before finishing the Pannier !

Pannier?

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Pannier?

I believe these are the boxes you hang either side of a motorbike or bicycle.