Been having a lot of fun with the cement mixer on Apple Tree Railway. Portal in progress, as inspired by this Stevenson drawing of Northchurch Tunnel mouth.
:) Tim
A bit more progress between the showers. I've found that useful book mentioned elsewhere "Bridges for Modellers" by L V Wood, and discovered that the proper name for this type of construction would be 'horseshoe arched masonry with extended voussoirs'. Well how about that, and furthermore the style is generally attributed to Joseph Locke.
Regards, Tim
"Proper" civil engineering Tim!
:)
IanT
Top job!
The spacing of the slate work looks spot on!
Bob
lightcliffe tunnel between halifax and bradford has a similar style - i always refer to it as japanese bursting sun flag style!
Good analogy Ash, but the sun is not quite yet rising on the Apple Tree Railway; no track down yet!
There are some other tunnels up your way with this style, e.g. The Woodhead. Rather tasty but beyond my ability to model!
Cheers, Tim
This is how it is shaping up. My dear wife decided she'd like a cold frame... right across the projected path of the railway! We came up with this compromise! :D
That is very nice work. Looks great.
Mike
Sounds like a great Gauge 3 Society Newsletter article there Tim for the Autumn issue if poss!
cheers
Ian
OK Ian, will do, and am hoping there'll be some more progress to show by then!
Regards, Tim