Early construction of a simple 00 garage layout

An excellent job Chris - they certainly don't look like the laser cut starting point.  The paint really has given them a stone-like texture and and your detailing isn't lost, you can definitely seen the well trod route up and down.
Michael

Thank you both. You are both welcome to come for a drink on the beach!

So after thinking long and hard I went with the Teasel Bay traditional colours of cream and maroon. Although cleaning the brush of the red enamel resulted in a scene not far detached from Macbeth! 


I’ve glued them together and filled the middle with pollyfiller, probably should have done that before painting. 

Success !!!

I love the colour scheme.  :thumbs :pathead

Very good.  I like the colours as well.  The joint isn't really noticeable either, it just looks like that is how they nade the steps.   Good job!
Michael

Great work. The chalk paint creates a great effect.

Cheers
Evan

Peter - both you and Liz are welcome to come and share our beach at Perranporth!

[user=364]Super D[/user] wrote:

Peter - both you and Liz are welcome to come and share our beach at Perranporth!

You live in Perranporth… That is one stunningly beautiful place!

More meetings means more steps! 

Now with a double layer of cardboard wrapped in Plastikard! I then used the spare steps as coping stones by sanding down each edge before glueing them on. 






A close up of the other side, which will sit along the sea wall. Time for some more painting!

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Peter - both you and Liz are welcome to come and share our beach at Perranporth!

That's kind Derek - we may just take you up on that one of these days ………………………… :cheers

Hope you're both keeping yourselves safe.  :thumbs

I love the steps Chris but I'm not so sure about the coping stones …………………………….they look a tad "heavy" to me - sorry.   :sad:

I know what Peter means…. they may be a tad wide.   But experience has taught me that things can change with a bit of paint and I remember your platform which looked so wrong and then was absolutely perfect when it was finished….. so I will hold judgement.
Impressed at the plasticard on the wall of the steps….. very smart again

Michael

We’ll see. It’s a bit of an experiment! Although I looked for some comparisons on the layout. This is the top of the Hornby road over rail bridge. They look a similar size. I think I can prise them off if they don’t blend in once painted….





I may have made a little mess this evening. 






Firstly I planned the position without fully inspecting the frame and hit slap bang into a support. Then every time I measured/test fitted it seemed to have moved! 


But what is a few extra holes gouged into a baseboard between friends!!!

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But what is a few extra holes gouged into a baseboard between friends!!!

     You'll be able to put 2 wires through now Chris ………………..

Regarding the capping stones on the steps - I think you may have answered the question about the size - your "example" is, as you say, a road bridge over a railway line.  These would have been much heavier structures than a stone staircase - certainly much thicker walls and therefore, capping slabs.

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[user=2057]TeaselBay[/user] wrote: 

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But what is a few extra holes gouged into a baseboard between friends!!!

   You'll be able to put 2 wires through now Chris ………………..

Those holes are 14mm each. I could get 2 power station grade cables through that! Lol

Hmmm - I didn't specify wire thickness …………….. :roll: :cheers

Chris, I'm glad I am not the only one who has mastered the dark art of drilling into supports, cross beams etc

Cheers
Evan

Unfortunately some times it’s unavoidable. It was just annoying that what I was fitting needed a little more clearance, on the baseboard hence the unfinished holes. Here you can see the first glimpse of the sea wall project. Some may able to guess what it is? 






The local painter and decorator has been in to review the new steps but after consultation has agreed to change the coping stones for a lower profile. Watch this space!

Aha!  Do you intend to have a moving cyclist or two?  Excellent!  If so, a word to the wise, take care making them, they are tricky bu****s!
Michael

Maybe ;-)
If you look back at old photos you can see them hiding! It was a Christmas present but only now I’m getting to a stage to set it up. 

It doesn’t help that we’ve bought a Switch and the last few evenings I’ve been distracted….!