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Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:59 pm
by jim@NAL
https://youtu.be/PbhFZx7yfL8

Its just about finished .it should run smother after the motor has run in. Just one window too paint and it can go outside

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:12 am
by ge_rik
Nicely done. I like the way the beam sweeps around the room.

Rik

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:50 am
by FWLR
Well done Jim, great job. Now into the garden for some running on your line... :thumbright: :thumbright:

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:06 pm
by jim@NAL
Got the lighthouse in place this weekend. It works great had it going for 4 hours last night .But I have noticed 3 of my building that I sprayed with textured paint have not done too well and the paint has peeled off .I will post some pictures tomorrow

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:46 pm
by tom_tom_go
What do your neighbours think of it when it's on? :mrgreen:

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:53 pm
by jim@NAL
Ha ha I dread to think .thay are not the most freandy people.

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:53 pm
by tom_tom_go
You should keep it on all night then!

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:57 pm
by Peter Butler
tom_tom_go wrote: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:53 pm You should keep it on all night then!

... and fit a fog-horn!

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:34 am
by FWLR
Peter Butler wrote: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:57 pm
tom_tom_go wrote: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:53 pm You should keep it on all night then!

... and fit a fog-horn!
:laughing3: :laughing3:

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 2:54 pm
by jim@NAL
On too the next building made from celetex I had left over from work. And 2 ikea chopping boards for the roof .syrofoam bricks and I won a load of windows on e bay .not sure what this building will be yet .

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:47 pm
by ge_rik
The inhabitants should be nice and warm in winter .... :lol:

Rik

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 10:37 pm
by jim@NAL
A little more progress tonight. Still not sure what this building will be yet but we shall see. Iv put the stones in to look like flint there are a lot of buildings near where I live are flint and brick some are flint and chalk blocks.so I'm sort of Copying this .iv glued the bricks in with Ct1 a very strong mastic the stones are guled in with ct1 as well .iv then filled in the gaps with waterd down pva .the whole building will be given a several coats of car spray paint .then wheather sheld house paint. Hopefully this will last outside. This building is not going to cost me a lot the celetex was left over from a job at work I bought 4 sheets of syrofoam for 13 pounds. The ct1 is from work I have paid for that but I buy 16 at a time so get it cheap .the roof is ikea chopping boards 2 pounds eatch .I already had the pva and iv already got the paint for it from leftovers from work .the windows u got on e bay 20 pounds for a big box and iv only used a few

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:56 pm
by jim@NAL
So over the past few evenings in managed to get one of my buildings nerly finished apart from the roof.its made to look old and very wheatherd. It's hard to get a good picture in the light inside with my camra phone il get some better pictures in the daylight

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:00 pm
by Peter Butler
I like it Jim, you have a new and innovative approach to your buildings, which is refreshing. It is a bit like placing modern art against old masters..... they both work well in the eye of the beholder.

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:24 am
by ge_rik
Are you planning to leave it out all year or bring it inside between sessions or over winter? It looks as if it should be fairly weatherproof. I like the idea of a water works. Don't often see them modelled and yet they must be part of many communities.

Hmmmm.... You've got me thinking. Chemical supplies, occasional deliveries of silver sand, heavy machinery such as pumps once in a while....

Rik

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:11 am
by jim@NAL
Yes outside all year it's a celetex shell with ikea chopping boards as the roof and blocks and stones fixed on with mastic

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:48 pm
by Andrew
Looking good. The goods over the windows remind me of a building begin my in-laws' house - which happens to be something to do with the water industry, pumping or treatment, maybe both. It's streaked with rust like yours too...

Cheers,

Andrew.

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 6:23 pm
by jim@NAL
I deceded to make another copper roof I had the spray paint left over and I quite like the way the lighthouse roof turn out .so did a few layers of paint last night

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:44 pm
by jim@NAL
Good evening all. Very sorry haven't posted much in a long time. We had some bad storms at the start of the year and unfortunately almost all my buildings where broken fences blown down in the garden etc.i put all the buildings away in the shed and left them.with the recent events iv had a lot of free time .I took up all the track rebuild the rear fence to my garden and the 2 sides .Iv put in some boarders around the edge of the garden and now very nerly rebuilt the hole railway .I will post some pictures tomorrow

Re: North Avenue Line

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:20 pm
by Peter Butler
Great to have you back Jim, you have got your work cut-out after the storms, I'm sorry to hear you suffered so much damage, your buildings had great character.
Keep us updated on progress.