Great Chesterford Junction Part Two

Thanks Jim,
No calligraphy is not one of my talents........the lettering on the building parts is a fancy font from my drawing program.
Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
Moving slowly towards assembly on the industrial units.
The gable ends were glued to the front and back walls last night



And today doors and windows were fitted.
As you can see, I`ve decided to go with a closed door model, and to avoid interior detail, I`ve used frosted glass in the windows and doors.
I found some take away containers very handy for the glazing, as the base of the container is shiny on one side and frosted on the other.
This allowed me to have the window glazing shiny side out, so it looks like normal glass, but you can`t really see the interior, whereas the glass in the doors is frosted side out, which I thought may be appropriate in this industrial situation......anyhow, it is what it is.?






The internal bracing walls have been interlocked and glued together and will remain under weights overnight.
They are lined up on my cutting mat grid to keep it square.



Then glued to card, the roof sections.......the base is thick card and the top is corrugated card.
Because I have added skylights to the roof, I have created two different size openings in the two different cards.
The thick card has a smaller opening so the glazing can rest on it and the corrugated card has a larger opening the same size as the glazing to act as a border around it.
There will then be a rectangular frame that sits on top of the glazing to finish it off.
Lots of accurate cutting required here....



Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
Moving forward and getting the hard stuff done.
All four outer walls have been fitted to the internal supporting structure



All the roof panels were cut out and then started on the cover frames for the roof skylights



This has been the most tedious part of the job requiring absolute concentration for each cut.
It`s not difficult, there`s just a lot of it and the parts are small and delicate, so you have to be careful........do it right....do it once



Here you see the two main roof layers. The glazing will be fixed under the top layer but within the opening, then the glazing top outer frame can be fixed on top of the corrugated roof.



The corrugated panels were then coloured with a graphic marker and the areas around the skylight openings were also coloured on the roof base layers



The cover frames for the roof skylights were also coloured with a graphic marker



Here are all the walls together released from weights and clamps etc.



The structure is quite rigid and will become even more so with the roof in place



The roof panels have been weathered with Orange, Grey, White and Black Crayon prior to assembly.
I probably will give it a dusting with chalk pastels as well.
I wanted to do this before the skylights go in because I`m experimenting with ideas regarding weathering the glazing, which be easier to do with the glazing out.



This is where it will sit on the layout




More as it happens
Gormo

 

Thanks Ron..
Last batch of pictures for today and the hardest parts are done.
This is a roof section being assembled. The frosted glazing is sticky taped to the underside of the corrugated sheet and then a matching thick card roof base is glued to the back of the corrugated sheet. This method gives a rigid roof and also keeps the glazing fixed in place.



The cover frames are glued around the glazing aperture once the roof panels have been glued.



Here is a promise of what is to come. The roof panels are not fitted yet, but I couldn`t resist trying them out.



Lots more detail to go yet, but here we have the basics



The next job will be to glue the roof into place. Then add ridge capping, flashing on the ends of the roof over the gables, down pipes at the ends of the box gutters, guttering for the two end side walls and signage etc., etc, etc.



That`s it for a few days I think ??....busy times ahead.
Gormo

 

Just to clarify something mentioned above.
The hair clips are mine......
I saw them at Vinnies .....a whole good box full for 4 bucks........I thought they might come in handy for building models and they have so far.
Good old Vinnies......you never know what you are going to find there
For our overseas friends.....Vinnies is a charity shop.......St. Vincent de Paul. known locally and affectionately as Vinnies.
Gormo

 

The latest on my YouTube channel......something a little different this time harking back to my first adventures in kit building for GCJ



Gormo

 

G`day Chigley,
No I don`t unfortunately, but next time I`m passing I`ll ask...
Gormo