Alterations and refurbishment to the Church in sleepy old Dapol.

[JR]

Apologies 570, I had a sudden drop in blood pressure as Matron has just arrived to check on my drooling.
Loving the lead work by the way.

Yours 453.

 

[Mini Me]

Yes yes, that's much better 453.......you had 570 and myself worried there for awhile. Glad Matron has it sorted. G'day 570, the windows are superb Sir! Looks like Mr. Idu got you the right man for the job. Faithfully following, 358

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Great banter. So glad to see you're employing the guys again in these difficult times.
Love the windows.
Jim

 

[scottie3158]

Ron,
Niiiiiiccceeeee

 

[spanner570]

Thanks boys.
Idu and his mates have said they will build the flat pack roof.
I agreed, and told Idu I would organise the scaffolding and a crane.

"Waat! You spooks reely am de leemeet. Me an' de boys will woork ober de weeokend an' m'bee a foo days muar, an' get de mudder on. Dat way de elf an' seeafty wuant be stikin' dere noses in. Oh, an' we neeaad us a lodder!

Again they didn't let me down. No faffing about, they just got stuck in. Brits would probably still be having a brew, sucking their teeth and asking for more money!

Here is the church, complete with all roofs on. Including the bell tower one. The lads even fixed the guttering.




A closer look at the stonework and windows. We decided to leave the windows in the main part of the church 'clear' and keep the coloured glass ones just for the altar area.


Although the boys did a good, quick job. The roof tiles supplied with the flat pack were of a very poor definition and could hardly be seen, so yet another cunning plan has been hatched.......

Cheers all.
Ron

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ron

yet another cunning plan has been hatched.

Whose plan - yours or Idu's?

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Just a great thread Ron .
Reminds me of the Crystals song.............Idu Ron Ron, Idu Ron Ron.
Is that appalling enough?.

 

[spanner570]

Excellent response, chaps.

Jim. Actually it was neither Idu or myself who came up with the cunning plan, it was a famous Nigerian roofer, Idu had contacted on my behalf. His name is Klymoop n'Feexdem. Luckily he had just finished re- roofing the Nigerian University, so his services were available.

Ralph - Appalling enough?! It surely can't get much more appallingerer - Can it?

 

[Jim R]

If Klymoop n'Feexdem is involved then I have every confidence the plan will work. A few years ago he repaired the roof on a friends house.

Not often you get craftmanship like that these days.

 

[Mini Me]

Whatever the plan, I hope it won't be thatch.......you know how 453 acts around combustibles, not to mention those pesky Zulus......should they happen to be lurking about
Rick H.

 

[Lee Drennen]

And what of Mr. Kando and Mr. Effemup? Will they be along to take part in this construction project? I'm a bit late on this one but the scale is absolutely perfect..........couldn't have made a better choice meself! I'll sit in the back with JR to stop him drooling......yours, 358

Hope you have a bucket

 

[minitnkr]

Drool buckets? I have some left over you're welcome to. PaulE

 

[spanner570]

Excellent input once more. Great Picture, Jim. Thanks for posting it.

Sadly, back to reality....

I've made a start on the roof modifications.
Before I cover the rather bland kit roof with summat a bit more interesting, I've glued the supplied, and way over scale, plastic ridge tile strip to the underside of the roof apex.
This has both straightened and stiffened the roof.



Next, I cut and glued some thin card on the outside to fill in the different levels. This has given me an even and flat roof surface ready for the modification.
You can see from the images below just how huge the supplied plastic ridge tile strips would have been.
The gable end cappings are again way too big, but I can tile straight over these. Holes and all.






Thanks again for the great posts.
Ron

 

[spanner570]

The lads worked through the night tiling the roof. Here's progress thus far.



Nice and flat, and holes gone!


The boys worked really well during the night, but the load music kept me awake.

When I had a word with Idu, he said. "Man, you honkies ain't got no sooal, we 'as to 'av de reedom wen we am woorkin'!

Tiles cut from the thin card of an old receipt book and fixed on using UHU gen. purp. glue.

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Tim Marlow]

Roof looks good Ron, that’s an old railway technique that I haven’t seen in ages, and haven’t had much luck with myself. When I try it I find the tiles/slates curl so look strange once they’re down. I usually end up going down the individual tile route, which takes ages....what’s the secret?

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Tiles look great Ron .
I can just imagine the snowflakes melting if they read this thread.

 

[skinflint]

A very impressive roofing job. Enjoying watching the progress.

 

[spanner570]

Thanks boys.
Tim. No secret. I can only think you perhaps used too thin a card and once damp, has caused the curl.
In any case, I still intend to bend a few upwards here and there, so a bit of a curl to start with is no bad thing.

Thank to Ralph and Tony for your posts too.

Here's one side of the church roof completed. This gives a better 'Before and after'. You can just see the original grey plastic ridge underneath, running along the inside of the roof apex.


Thanks for keeping me company, chaps.
Ron

 

[Tim Marlow]

So is that using scissors or knife to make the cuts Ron?

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Coming along real nice Ron .