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Post by planty » Sun Aug 28, 2016 5:32 pm

JCSteam:119603 wrote:By drainage do you mean actual guttering that works? The flat roof parts will be a tough one, as there should be a over shoot to the roof below, then a hopper either end of each apex with a downpipe to the ground, of course on any straight bit of roof striaght guttering with downpipes down the walls will do just fine, have you started ground works on the drains  :lol:  ;)
As you can see from the finished pictures on the previous page I went for drainage channels on the lower roof to shift as much water from the roofs off the side.

The flat roof I'm not too worried about as there are gaps round the edge and the model if hollow so it shouldn't trap standing water.

The towers have a drainage hole in the centre of the top and then holes at the base.

I thought about putting some drain pipes in (I did on my station built a few years back), but if you look at photos of the real church a lot of the water was just dispersed outwards rather than taken down drain pipes. I thought about doing this for the towers too but decided it would be too fiddly!  :D
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Post by Peter Butler » Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:37 pm

What an incredible structure that has turned out to be. Loads of detail and closely following the original so as to be easily recognisable.
It must be huge, please show us what it looks like on the railway.
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Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:23 pm

Just caught up with this, amazing.

It looks to me like it belongs in a war diorama with a Tiger tank positioned next to it!

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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:28 pm

Gosh - that will certainly have presence out in the garden!
What an incredible structure!
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Post by Big Jim » Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:41 pm

Wonderful Job and a great memorial to a building now demolished.
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Post by LNR » Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:16 am

I can only second what has already been said. That is a building which will certainly have a deserving presence on the railway. A credit to the work you have put in.
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Post by IrishPeter » Mon Aug 29, 2016 5:56 am

As someone who is professionally over acquainted with churches I can tell thee that tha's done a bang-up job on that one, Planty!

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Post by ge_rik » Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:07 am

Wow!!
I can just imagine this on a hill with a railway winding around it - as per Blythburgh on the Southwold.

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Post by philipy » Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:22 am

Phenominal, well done. Like the others, I can't wait to see a shot of it in situ.
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Post by planty » Sun Oct 30, 2016 5:35 pm

Took a while, but here it is in situ with some modeltown figures.

Holding up well to the weather, might need a little bit of maintenance to change the roof material on the small flat areas behind the towers but apart from that the foamboard is doing well.

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Post by planty » Sun Oct 30, 2016 5:37 pm

p.s. the white streaks on the right tower isn't the paint weathering badly. No that's the birds getting rid of all the digested seeds that my wife insists on feeding them! :?
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Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Oct 30, 2016 5:45 pm

Great work, I like the look of that diesel as well.

Do you have any videos of it running by any chance please?

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Post by philipy » Sun Oct 30, 2016 6:31 pm

That looks really good, well done.
Is that a clock on the LH tower? If so you need another one of Peter Butler's Chinese watches!
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Post by planty » Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:45 pm

tom_tom_go:120680 wrote:Great work, I like the look of that diesel as well.

Do you have any videos of it running by any chance please?
You know what I don't think I do, next time I have it running I'll take some footage and post it up here!
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Post by planty » Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:53 pm

philipy:120682 wrote:Is that a clock on the LH tower? If so you need another one of Peter Butler's Chinese watches!
It is, I must be missing something here though "Chinese watches"??
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Post by Peter Butler » Mon Oct 31, 2016 10:44 pm

In my thread I mentioned the purchase of two pocket watches from China. They are new, post free and cost less than £3. each!

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The idea is to fit them in my clock tower....

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This is just to see them in position, since this picture I have made changes to the faces and the colour of the cases, which are now black.
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Post by planty » Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:03 pm

I did think about that, but couldn't find a suitable watch. If only I'd spotted your thread!! Can you repost a link to the thread or to where you got them if it wasn't on the original thread?

I made the tops of the towers removable so there is still the opportunity to fit something like this in place :D
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Post by Peter Butler » Tue Nov 01, 2016 2:05 pm

The watches I bought came from China, freepost, and cost £2.84 each. They are still available but now priced £3.59 .... ebay... 121595581013
Whilst looking for these I have now discovered others with Roman numerals which I think I would have preferred and possibly better for you too? These are priced at £4.10, available from UK, freepost... ebay.. 291383744841 delivered to your door by Friday!
Happy hunting.
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Post by jim@NAL » Tue Nov 08, 2016 12:08 am

great looking church

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Post by Peter Butler » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:47 pm

Excellent write-up in SMT, congratulations on getting your work in print, well deserved!
More on your next build on the Forum please...
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