Flying Scotsman New Works: 4472 Enters her new Works I'm getting closer to being able to recommence working on 4472 again and in fact will do so before actually finishing the workshop, not so much the internal areas but
Flying Scotsman NEW WORKS: BENCH AND HOIST Having already built the smaller workbenches in the new building and now that the main area was covered in Plywood I could move on to building the larger benches which
Flying Scotsman NEW WORKS: Completing the internal panelling This installment sees me completing the internal paneling and thus the workshop's structure is nearly there. The procedure is the same as for the other walls but this time I
Flying Scotsman NEW WORKS: The Other Wing With the new section now at an advanced stage I turned my attention to the original garage structure. This of course meant moving everything around again but I'm getting a
Flying Scotsman NEW WORKS: First drawers fitted Now this might seem a bit out of step and it is but sometimes one has to work around things the best that they can. for me, this means trying
Flying Scotsman NEW WORKS: Insulating roof inside and out Next up was to insulate the roof inside and also make it waterproof from the outside. The rafters are made from 3x2 with the sheeting itself being 18mm exterior ply,
Flying Scotsman NEW WORKS: DOORS We now come to the doors and their relevant frames. For the smaller side door we have already seen the bare framework but not the more substantial front door. First
Flying Scotsman New Works: Roof framework While the mortar was left to cure over a few days I moved on to other tasks, one of which was to work out what section to build to reconnect
Flying Scotsman New Works: laying the groundwork With the donor garage sorted I could move on to preparing the ground for the new extension which I require to allow for more space, lessons gained from the lack
Flying Scotsman New Works location for 4472 I wondered if the building of a new workshop for 4472 might be of interest to other Model Engineers? and since I can't progress any further with the model itself,