Practical Garden Railways by Peter Jones

Author:Peter Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2013-10-10T04:00:00+00:00

A continental plastic kit of a ‘house under construction’.

Even as a newcomer to garden railways, start to record interesting buildings straight away. One day you may be grateful for them. They can be sketches, photographs or properly measured drawings.

Getting dimensions for a drawing can be made easier with a simple measuring stick. This one consisted of a piece of white plastic curtain rail, painted black at 12in (30cm) intervals.

CONCRETE

Concrete is, of course, the best material for durability. There may not be much fine internal detail but archaeologists will ponder over your goods sheds in a thousand years from now. I divide these structures into two types. First, there are the solid castings. It doesn’t take long to make a simple wood mould to cast a line side hut. Here I mention again the principle that has served me well over the years. I mostly cast my buildings with smooth faces. The mould is struck as soon as possible, when the concrete is still soft but can support itself. This gives a surface texture like cheese that is very easy to scribe stonework into quickly. Depending on the mix, the best time to do this is between four and eight hours after casting.

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