Things have been slowly progressing at Buckden, but I've been very bad at finishing anything! So here are a few work in progress shots. I've got the station building just about ready for painting, which I think will be done with acrylics once it gets a blast of car undecoat. I've used plasticard, faced with Wills textured plastic cladding. For the main brickwork I actually used flexible brick arch sheets, as I like that the mortar isn't so deep as their normal sheets. Windows were done in microstrip and the roofing is plain tiles, slates and battern roofing (with extra microstrip added), I'll glaze it all once painted, and I'm aiming to rig it up so all the windows can be individually lit. The chimney's were both a joy and a faff, and need chimney pots, along with some more barge boards, guttering etc which again, I'll add once the painting is done.

For the station platform (and yard) I followed wiggoforgold's advice and used fine ash (after finding a friend with a wood burning stove willing to post me ash!) - a second coat of dilute pva was sprayed on after the first application, which helped to harden it all up - I'm very please with the results. Midland style fencing went in tonight too.

At the other end, the signal box has had a coat of paint into cream and green (which I'll take a picture of in natural light - otherwise it just looks garish!) and after more rmweb advice (here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/82496-buckden-station-mr/ ) I made a start on the point rodding using the new Wills kits - which was REALLY fiddly but I think looks pretty good. One pack really didn't go very far, so I need an extension pack to get to the ground frame at the other end of the loop.