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- We made prints of drawings and glued them to a masonite plate, for the purpose of making a template to glue after.
- All parts were painted and cut in correct sizes. We used shoe polish thinned with alcohol to give the wood a weathered look.
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- No snowshed without a mountain, so we started to build one on top of the helix. As rock material we used cellulitboard, also known as soft masonite.
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- Our tracks are fixed on plywood. To make room for and to support the buildup, the outermost part of the plywood were cut away (marked with dotted green line), and a new piece of plywood were fastened with screws underneath (marked with red).
- Construction of the base is nearly finished, see CAD drawing for sectional view. The base is ballasted and ready, as it's not possible to ballast after the snowshed has been built.
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- The finished bearing rafters are glued together, however not the outer left cross. The rafters are fastened to the base, and the girder is cut to its correct lenght.
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- The loose crosses are now installed.
- The roof is made of 1x4mm pieces of wood, that are glued in crossbond, so they each span 2 rafters.
- The vertical construction is now ready, and longitudinal braces are mounted on the snowshed, see the red arrows. By the blue arrow, the horizontal brace is a single piece of wood, which only spans from rafter to rafter, by cosmetic reasons.
- It's the final details, which gives a model a realistic look, therefore small bolts and washers are glued on the woodbars, and some of the roof planks are missing or broken, finally small spots of pebbles and grass are glued on the roof.
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