Today on the WGLR

You wouldn't eat the 'tart' left after Bakewell market, not even with custard! :rolf::rolf:
Keep it coming Mel, I'm interested in this one.
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pugwash said:
Keep it coming Mel, I'm interested in this one.
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Certainly will my friend :bigsmile:. More progress today. Most of the walls have now been covered and scribed. The holes for the fences have been drilled so that they can be "planted". To answer James' question, these holes will be filled with epoxy and the fences pushed into place. The epoxy will then both seal the holes and hold the pens in place. Got to paint the walls first though.

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The bigger walls at the far end will hold another three smaller pens for sheep, pigs, or calves. This will have a dutch barn type, half round, corrugated iron roof (hoping to get some suitable plasticard from Stoneleigh).

The pens are made from suitable wire fencing from the DIY shop. The gates work. The passageways are pretty narrow, there's two reasons for this - it deters the cattle from turning round when they're been driven into the pens (although they still try occasionaly, often resulting in much swearing and waving of arms) and the open gate blocks the passageway, leading the animal into the appropriate pen.

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I've got some corrugated moulds Mel - same size as the houses you have - any good? Can bring some to Stoneleigh.
Also - some pantiles which would look pretty good (but is it welsh?)
 
More work on the cattle market completed, still a fair bit to do including that half round roof :bigsmile:.

Anyhoo, had another test fitting to make sure it still fits in place.

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Finally have a proper use for the livestock wagons and the cattle truck conversion I did a while ago.

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owlpool said:
try making your own with beercans and a crimper Mel
works a treat
Sorry Paul, didn't mean to ignore you - I'm just not sure that the finished sheet would bend into the roof shape against the corrugations so that it was "facing" in the right direction?
 
That really is the cow's teats, but the floor is too clean 8|
How did you do the fencing/opening stalls? It really is just like Bakewell and I would like to do something similar. Grovel, whinge etc...
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Incidentally, to reverse a cow or bullock pull on its ears the opposite direction you want it to go (don't try this with a bull or, even worse, a tup).
 
pugwash said:
That really is the cow's teats, but the floor is too clean 8|
How did you do the fencing/opening stalls? It really is just like Bakewell and I would like to do something similar. Grovel, whinge etc...
:bigsmile:
Incidentally, to reverse a cow or bullock pull on its ears the opposite direction you want it to go (don't try this with a bull, or even worse, a tup).
The pens were made out of some wire netting that I found in my local DIY store mate. Seemed just the right size.

There is a plan to add a few ........ errrrrr ........... ex cow deposits .......... to the floor.
 
I'm intrigued :bigsmile:
As to how you will paint them with an airbrush (of course).
A whole tube of brown silicone would be over the top, wouldn't it? :bleh:
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The whole concept is brilliant from start to finish!

A thought about the curved roof - bean tins (or similar) - when making my corrugated sheets from tins I have to straighten the metal out as it is already curved!
 
More a comment on the level of detail you're now incorporating in your models, rather than nit-picking but will you be putting in grids and drainage channels Mel?

I seem to remember that while open for business it may have been "Dodge City", after a market had finished they were swilled down to prevent infection.
 
Brilliant Mel, the WGLR thread is fantastic, keep it coming mate :bigsmile:
 
Thanks Rick :bigsmile:.

Mick, I do have a stash of bean tins sitting on the patio going rusty. I'm still intending to go down the plasticard route if I can find some at Stoneleigh, mainly due to the size of the roof. There is another plan for the bean tins ;).

Keith, the need to provide weather proofing precludes much in the way of drains, gutters etc. (all a question of compromise really), but a means of keeping everything cleanish after all the cattle have been shipped out is planned too.
 
Once again great work Mel. You might get the plasticard from Slaters. You could collect it and have a day at the Crich Tram Village at the same time.
 
Re. the earlier post, the indoor pens (at least they'll be indoor when I get around to making the roof) have been bedded out for the little 'uns. Just finely chopped hay laid on top of diluted PVA.

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The ........... errrrrrrrr ........... already used bedding :'( , is removed to a purpose built holding facility. i.e. the old coal bin from Gooey station Mk1 (never throw anything away). The local tomato growers are probably allowed to help themselves every so often? I'll paint those tools tonight. You can almost smell it eh??? :bigsmile:

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Actually, it just smells of paint and PVA.

The means of cleaning everything down at the end of the day. The tap and nozzle came from a Pola welding set kit. The hose is electrical flex with a bit of shrink wrap. The water leaking along it's length is actually loads of super glue which holds it in place.

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Really Great, Mel :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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yb281 said:
The water leaking along it's length is actually loads of super glue which holds it in place.
I would expect better from you, :bigsmile:
thats the sort of excuse I would use to cover up the sort of bodge I would make if I was to attempt it.
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Round n Round said:
Really Great, Mel :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
BUT
yb281 said:
The water leaking along it's length is actually loads of super glue which holds it in place.
I would expect better from you, :bigsmile:
thats the sort of excuse I would use to cover up the sort of bodge I would make if I was to attempt it.
:rolf::rolf::rolf::rolf::rolf::rolf::rolf::rolf::rolf:
Must admit it was really nice slapping plenty on knowing I was doing two jobs at once Trev. Who says we can't multi task? :thumbup::thumbup: :rolf::rolf:
 
Now your just talking ...............
 
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