4mm Polsarrett: BR(S) N Cornwall Clay, The Final Countdown

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jonte said:
Chris

Reading your post about the crossing gates jogged my memory.

Several years ago, I was contemplating building an LSWR/SR branch line which I was going to base in East Devon. Sadly, it didn’t get very far, but I did however go as far as making a set of crossing gates based on those of Ottery St Mary (which are themselves, I think, LSWR in design):

View attachment 161033They’re simply cut down Peco ones - they were double gated - with detail added from bits from the scrap box.

They still require further weathering that I didn’t get round to, especially some roadfilm to the base of the posts (wooden not concrete) and the placing of LSWR lamps which I’m sure I purchased from somewhere or other. The Maskol on the tops of the gates mark where they were to be placed, to ensure a better bond between (metal?) lamp and styrene gate.

Bottom line is, they’re lying around somewhere or other do nothing and probably never will; bearing in mind your impending deadline, if you’d like them (and the lamps, provided they weren’t a figment of my imagination), just until you make something better, then just let me know and their yours to do whatever with.

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Hi Jonte, sorry just seen your very kind offer. Wish I'd looked earlier as I'm nearing completion on the MSE gate kit I bought. Thanks again.
 
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jonte said:
No probs.

Look forward to seeing them.

Thanks for letting me know :thumbs:
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All the bits are made up ready for priming and painting, but before that I needed to get the post positions sorted. This has been made tricky by the ground sloping and there being only foam to fix two of the posts into. It's trickier than you think getting two gates to meet two different posts in the right locations both horizontally and vertically.

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They have been made so that I can automate them at a later stage.
 
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I've done quite a bit of modifying of the gates and posts to make them a bit more like the ones at Nanstallon. I still have the diagonal metal tie rod and the roundal to fit but not far off now.

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Opening and closing the gates is quite satisfying.
 
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Just to prove that there's a difference between looking and seeing...

The photos of Nanstallon I posted earlier clearly show concrete posts. So why, after modifying the kit ones to suit, have I painted them white?... Doh!
 
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