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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 12:53:13 GMT -5
A friend asked me why the stones of the "arc" on the face of the tunnel portal on this picture and on that one are exactly of the same colour as the concrete parts ... |
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Post by markm on Oct 25, 2019 14:01:08 GMT -5
I can't say for certain, but it seems that the "stones" of the arch in the prototype are cast concrete like the rest of the tunnel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 15:18:08 GMT -5
So, they would not be real stones, but "artificial" ones, made of concrete (as used for some houses) ? And why did "they" this ? I saw other concrete tunnels without these "stones" (Moffat) ; after all, was it a kind of "deco" ... or "gingerbread", as somebody wrote in the past about (the original version of) my Faller station ?  |
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Post by markm on Oct 25, 2019 15:40:14 GMT -5
I really don't think so, the curve is just too smooth. The entry design was common in the 1930s-40s here:  and I know this example is all concrete and was built in the same era that the website said this tunnel was rebuilt. As for the model, they say that it is cast concrete, but with the irregularity of the arch "stones" I could easily imagine it as stone. |
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