Workday Wednesday Developments for November 22nd

Workday Wednesday - November 22nd

Doug e-mailed me the pictures and captions for this Wednesday's developments with the "off-season" WDWD crew.

Below is the text of Doug's e-mail.

My thanks to Bernie (Goodman) for his help on Wednesday and also for the many photos he shot of the goings on.

 Fred was up early to stoke the fire in the shop wood stove.  By the time I arrived, Bernie was already there.  We got straight to work.

I wanted to test fit a new "plug" for the base of the roof on the CL station tower.  It is nominally 8 inches square but a test fit revealed it was a touch too big along one side.  It will be cut down a "hair".

Next Bernie and I turned our attention to the stonework of the station.  The track side of the station was not too bad as we had glued a loose cornerstone previously.  A bead of silicone was run in along the base of the station wall track side and the wall that faces out at Craig Leigh.

The station was then carefully turned around so that the "street side" could be worked on while the silicone set up.  The station front faces toward Peter's Pond and bore the brunt of the weather.  It had some serious deterioration to repair, the ugliest of which was the stone framing around the front entrance. 

I will go through a short sequence of pictures to show how Bernie and I repaired the stonework.  Initially, some full stones were carefully fitted into the big void and glued in place with exterior construction adhesive.

These large stones fill the void but lack the keys to fill the small openings.  Unfortunately, the bin of old jigstone castings did not contain any keys in stone just in bricks.  The solution was to carefully chisel a piece of stone to the right size.

Bernie earned his master stone mason certification by fitting the keys in place and gluing them there.  A similar process was used to make a number of other repairs especially at the corner of the station.  With the stonework repairs completed, we set aside further work on the station to let the glue set up completely.  Next week, we will complete the stone repairs on the station by running in grout for the mortar lines, drybrushing the newly introduced jigstones and finally by adding silicone sealant along the base of the front wall.

While we were working, a couple of visitors dropped in.  First in was Chris (Ellens) who brought along the three axled O scale passenger truck that he 3D printed for me.  It is an exceptional piece of work

Chris also showed some examples of gable ends that could be used on the proposed GH station.

While Chris was there Doug (Culham) came in.  The three of us had a lively discussion about 3D printing trucks as Doug had also asked Chris to make some large scale arch bar trucks.

Doug had come to discuss batten sizes for the board and batten construction of the new GH station.  He brought some samples and we eventually decided on scale 1x4s in 1:24 scale.

 I had cut the walls for the new GH station at home and brought them along.  They were stood up to give a representative idea of the station.

Fred and I discussed the roof possibilities as well as door and window considerations.

In other news, this coming Saturday morning at the St. Lawrence Division of the NMRA meet, OVGRS member, Mike (Spike) Hamer will be co-presenting a clinic on "Freelancing" model railroads with Alex Binkley, Tom Badenoch & Normand Levert.  The foursome will lead a panel discussion on modelling freelanced railways following their presentation,  We hope to see many of you there!

That was a day's work so Fred, Bernie and I enjoyed a few moments relaxation around the old wood stove.  

Just as Mike so often does, I'll conclude this segment with a shot of our host Fred.  

My thanks to Bernie (Goodman) for his help on Wednesday and also for the many photos he shot of the goings on.

Stay safe and healthy everyone!  The WDWD crew of the OVGRS!