There are 5 scenic sections on WHL 3, 4 of which are the station areas. The station platforms are simple scratch built representations and not scale sized replicas. As I have learnt and gained more experience each station in chronological order of construction has improved in quality. Fort William and Ardlui were the last two built and are closer in terms of track orientation and visual appearance. Garelochead and Bridge of Orchy are much less so in both respects, essentially they comprise simple, generic island platforms with little resemblance to the real thing.

Compromises are made with the typical Swiss chalet station building found on the West Highland. Nothing that feels or looks chalet like is produced by anyone and at this time I do not feel inclined or sufficiently confident to attempt a scratch build. Therefore I have settled on a compromise for the buildings at Garelochead and Bridge of Orchy where I use the Pola Mortimer station painted in the green and cream colours used on the WHL in the early 80’s. It is a long way from the actual but is the best I can do at this time. Fort William is an even more simple approach with the station building comprising part of the hand painted backscene. Signal boxes are Hornby level crossing signal boxes from the Skaledale range. They are closer to the real thing than the station buildings although there is still a major dollop of artistic licence in using them. Underpasses used to gain access to the island platforms are Peco's.

Garelochead,


Ardlui,



Bridge of Orchy



Fort William.


Mallaig Junction yard makes up the fifth section.