We'll all go together....

[Hroth]

Oh we'll all go together when we go....

 

Right.

 

This one is all thanks to Hattons for selling off Heljan railbuses at "buy me" prices.  I got one of the AC Cars railbuses and given their use to prop up ailing branch lines before final closure, I thought that a diorama of a new railcar at a decaying station would be nice!  Of course, the railcars wouldn't last much longer than the branchlines they were supposed to service.  So.

 

Cakebox Challenge #3

its a branchline station, single tracked (the passing loop was taken out a few years ago), a bad state of rust and decay prevails as an AC Cars railbus pauses for passengers (Ha!) to board/alight.  There's a decayed piece of canopy which provides minimal weather protection, and the weeds are encroaching.  

The writing, ie the closure notice, is on the wall....

 

The diorama is in cereal box card format at the moment, pictures to follow.

 

 

Oh the title? its a Tom Lehrer song of the era...

 

[Hroth]

Here we go:

 

A bit of platform, with a high brick wall supporting a hacked up Airfix/Dapol platform canopy.

 

 

The same with an AC Cars railbus and some notices on the wall.

 

 

The platform is too high because the rail will be raised slightly (I'll also reduce the platform height anyway).

Rail is one of the pieces that came with the "Build your own model railway" partwork part 1 and is useless for anything else!

 

Onwards, etc......

 

 

[MAP66]

I like this a lot, real potential and a great CBC concept.

Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.

 

Regards

Mark

[Hroth]

Progress this day....

 

Since the last photoshoot, there's been some activity at this wobegone corner of the British Railways empire.

 

1.  The railcar now stands on a piece of ballasted track (Thanks Hachette!) next to some platform of the correct height, though the wall behind is yet to sport bricks.  To the foreground are the impressions in the ballast where track used to run before being uprooted in a failed rationalisation scheme.

 

 

2.  Railbus removed to reveal the structures of both platforms.  The nearer one, being disused will look even more ratty than the the one still in use!

 

 

3. Platform surfaces temporarily in place and the bricks propped up against the wall.  A brakevan stands in for the railbus, which has gone back to its box. You can see the infill behind the disused platform facing.

 

 

4,5. A bit of paint tones down raw card edges, and a stack of some of the paving slabs from the platform edges take residence on the disused platform.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[steamtoy]

This is looking like a great cakebox challenge modelling and craftsmanship is really good can't wait to see more.

[Hroth]

Some more stuff.

 

• Canopy painted and attached, but not distressed
• Bench for non-existent passengers
• Closure notice
• Ballast grubbied up and some creeping growth added
• Rails rusted

 

 

I was thinking, with a Peckett W4 and a slightly smaller brakevan, it could be the early years of a preservation effort!  But no, its going to be the railbus...

 

[Hroth]

its now more or less as envisioned, the railbus waits in vain for passengers as the driver stretches his legs on the platform.  The disused platform is starting to sprout a fine collection of scrub as nature takes over.