Rebuilding a bothy................

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Rebuilding a bothy................

Post by MDLR » Mon May 25, 2009 3:10 pm

Somewhere in the rampant lineside greenery on the MDLR there was a lineside bothy........

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Ah! Is this it??

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Yes! It is! It was built with Jigstones, and was the only building I actually completed. The concrete bits have survived well, but the door (made from car filler) has lost nearly all its paint...

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There was small amount of frost damage.........

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............ and the lintels have suffered from spalling.......

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........... but the roof had HAD it! the tin was very rusty and fragile and the ply substrate was more-or-less non-existent.....

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............... but with a lick of paint on the door, a new roof, from food tins, but this time held together with one of those "No More Nails" - type adhesives.......

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.......... and the window boarded up (well, this is the noughties) I reckon it'll see service for a good few more years!


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LMS-Jools

Post by LMS-Jools » Mon May 25, 2009 5:59 pm

Excellent. lol 8)

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Post by mhlr » Mon May 25, 2009 6:15 pm

Good as new! I like it, very rustic!
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Post by MDLR » Mon May 25, 2009 6:46 pm

mhlr wrote:Good as new! I like it, very rustic!
Well, perhaps not QUITE as good as new, but it'll do for a good few more years!

Back to coach building this afternoon!

SillyBilly

Post by SillyBilly » Tue May 26, 2009 12:35 am

It's great how you've patched it up like a railway really would.

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Post by MDLR » Tue May 26, 2009 6:11 pm

SillyBilly wrote:It's great how you've patched it up like a railway really would.
You've obviously not got it - the MDLR IS a real railway!!

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Post by pauly » Tue May 26, 2009 6:14 pm

yes whatever you say, oh look here come some kind doctors to help you :D
A steam propelled life-style.

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Post by MDLR » Tue May 26, 2009 6:22 pm

Do they have white coats and a straight jacket??

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Post by pauly » Tue May 26, 2009 6:25 pm

a straight jacket wont be needed there going to trank you :D
A steam propelled life-style.

Matt

Post by Matt » Tue May 26, 2009 6:50 pm

Nice pics, but at first I misread the title.

bungle80a

Post by bungle80a » Wed May 27, 2009 12:19 am

what did you think it said matt?

I like it Brian. Seeing the only building you completed with the moulds makes me feel a bit better at how my first attempt with them has come out!

As there are illustrated instructions of said building, I might have a go at that one myself... when I can find the time!

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Post by mhlr » Wed May 27, 2009 12:23 am

bungle80a wrote:what did you think it said matt?
hmmmmm? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Matt » Wed May 27, 2009 6:16 pm

bungle80a wrote:what did you think it said matt?
What word for a building looks simular to the word in the title?

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