Neil
Western Thunderer
I know that I'm not the fastest worker in the world but I'm surprised that it's been more than a fortnight since I last posted progress on the coal drops. Admittedly in the meantime I've tidied up and reorganised my playroom/workshop but that only took a day and a half.
![tidy 2.jpg tidy 2.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118381-dd25fd1dc3c469c80c9e9cea048f71d5.jpg)
![tidy 1.jpg tidy 1.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118383-e938f05ec94a14d366987c31895c6996.jpg)
However no one comes here to look at photos of housekeeping so here are a few shots of progress with the coal drops. You'll see here that I finished cladding all the piers, have added capping strips to the top, floored the bays with setts and got busy with the Humbrols.
![yk 103.jpg yk 103.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118375-1337517f509fac4140ba05680772fa8b.jpg)
Next I carved sponge rubber into mound like shapes and sloshed black ink over what would become the visible faces. Here are the blobs drying out.
The blobs were coated in glue (UHU) and covered in several different grades of crushed coal. The mounds were themselves glued into the bays and the edges blended in with loose coal glued into place.
This afternoon I've pinned the rails into place on top of the piers. Still to do is the planked decking, clear of the four foot. Though there's still a bit to do I'm happy to have passed the half way stage by a comfortable margin.
![yk 106.jpg yk 106.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118378-83f367f8086cd7348f2fc376382cb95a.jpg)
![tidy 2.jpg tidy 2.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118381-dd25fd1dc3c469c80c9e9cea048f71d5.jpg)
![tidy 1.jpg tidy 1.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118383-e938f05ec94a14d366987c31895c6996.jpg)
However no one comes here to look at photos of housekeeping so here are a few shots of progress with the coal drops. You'll see here that I finished cladding all the piers, have added capping strips to the top, floored the bays with setts and got busy with the Humbrols.
![yk 103.jpg yk 103.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118375-1337517f509fac4140ba05680772fa8b.jpg)
Next I carved sponge rubber into mound like shapes and sloshed black ink over what would become the visible faces. Here are the blobs drying out.
![yk 104.jpg yk 104.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118376-b75f9ec81dd20c052fd38e37bbe0d63a.jpg)
The blobs were coated in glue (UHU) and covered in several different grades of crushed coal. The mounds were themselves glued into the bays and the edges blended in with loose coal glued into place.
![yk 105.jpg yk 105.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118377-d3d3c7287bbe72f4fc839267f508a826.jpg)
This afternoon I've pinned the rails into place on top of the piers. Still to do is the planked decking, clear of the four foot. Though there's still a bit to do I'm happy to have passed the half way stage by a comfortable margin.
![yk 107.jpg yk 107.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118379-3c5ce70a7a689a34f5fed955100cab90.jpg)
![yk 106.jpg yk 106.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/118/118378-83f367f8086cd7348f2fc376382cb95a.jpg)