The
Station at Stanley, (pictured at the top of the page and under here) is made
from a wooden box that a bottle of wine arrived in at Christmas, the goods
shed and loco shed are under construction and being made from nail boxes.
Being always on the lookout for what I can use, I was on a visit to the
daughter's house which is being built, there I noticed many pieces of cedar
wood shingles spare, they are ideal for buildings, weatherproof and so soft
that they can be cut with a Stanley knife. The rustic finish and dark brown
colour are very pleasing to look at.
After the successful sale of
more of my 00 guage treasures on the internet, I was able to purchase enough
track from Cliff Smith to complete another 50ft extension.
It ment the construction of a new viaduct at Ribblehead and a cutting across
Blea moor to the new Station Site at Griffiths. The viaduct was just a
matter of putting 2 pieces of 4x4 (inches) timber getting them levelish and
for the arches some Marley rain gutter was used, then the concrete poured
in. When set, the little wall along the top, which also holds the ballast
in, was made by laying small stones into cement.. very basic .. very
simple.. but for a quick first attempt, fine by me.. At Griffiths there are
plans for stock yards for the movement of cattle and sheep from off Blea
Moor and also a Timber Mill.
Station platforms are now of
concrete just poured about 1inch (25mm) between batons at the selected
sites, coping stones scratched in before it sets.
Signals are three eighth inch
(9mm) dowling, the signal arms are from old plastic ice cream containers
with the colours filled in with permanent marker pens.
Now roofing.. I use old
aluminium drink cans cut into 50mm x 90mm strips, crimped to look like
corregated iron sheets with a woman's hair crimper. Printers litho sheets
also ok but they are thicker.
