Serendipity

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RylstonLight
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Serendipity

Post by RylstonLight » Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:06 pm

I decided to take a short break from casting the 5-arch viaduct for the Rylston Light whilst awaiting a mould hardening. I had some reclaimed timber from an earlier bridge which I thought would make a nice ballast bin for a PW hut. Mostly I kept the reclaimed in its naturally weathered form but needed to tone down some new-cut ends. I thought a final coat of mat varnish would fix the effect. To my initial horror the varnish dried white, but on closer examination I feel the final effect is better than I could have achieved by planning. Just not sure how I reproduce this effect!
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Anyone have other examples of lucky successes?

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Re: Serendipity

Post by Soar Valley Light » Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:40 pm

Andy,

That's a super piece of work. Your Pway gang will appreciate it! ;)

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Re: Serendipity

Post by Old Man Aaron » Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:07 am

Beautiful. Looking forward to seeing it installed.
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Post by ge_rik » Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:26 am

Looks like you planned it that way. Trying to think of any lucky happenstances but most of my disasters seem to remain as disasters.... 🤔

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Re: Serendipity

Post by Paul_G » Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:03 am

That looks excellent, perfectly weathered even if it wasn't quite as planned :D

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