Station building part 6
I've been meaning to fix my station building in position on the platform for a while now, unsightly gaps around the base of model buildings are one of my pet hates and spoil any illusion of reality in a modelled scene. William Clarke station buildings have quite large windows and these allow a lot of light into the waiting rooms which I'm sure was much appreciated by the passengers, but in my model just showed up the lack of interior detail! Something need to be done to resolve this before the building could be finally fixed in situ.
Station building resting on platform surface and showing conspicuous lack of interior detail!
I started by measuring the internal dimensions of the waiting room and made a box that would slip inside the exterior walls of the station building. Once I was happy with the fit of this box the window apertures were cut out to line up with the exterior wall windows. I spent a happy hour or so making a fireplace, the seating, internal doors and a mirror which once painted were installed in the room.
The room interior was then glued in position inside the station building walls. The interior detail has certainly masked the stark white plastikard interior of the building and although not immediately apparent when you look at the building I like knowing it's in there!:-)
Interior detail positioned inside building
The station building was then fixed in position to the platform surface using 5 minute epoxy and then any gaps around the bottom of the building were filled with Milliput putty. Once dry the milliput was painted with grey enamel paint to blend the join into the platform surface.
Once the grey paint had dried a start could be made adding seats, platform trolleys and assorted platform paraphanalia. I also added a couple of figures, namely Albert Cruickshank and his wife Lily. Albert featured in a previous blog entry http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1131/entry-16450-ballasting/ and is the Head Ganger responsible for the permanent way at Sherton Abbas. Lily, his slightly down trodden wife is accompanying him on an outing to Toneborough.
Sherton Abbas station is also home to a pair of ginger toms who the Station Master has named Billy and Bertie. Although brothers they have a fairly tempestuous relationship with one another and are generally the scourge of the neighbourhood wildlife. Most sunny days they can be found sprawled somewhere on the platform enjoying the warmth and plotting mischief!
Overall view of station building
Albert and Lily's train has arrived and once the engine has run round will carry them up the line and onto Toneborough for what I'm sure will be a delightful day:-)
The next project that I'm planning on tackling is the planking on the floor of the goods shed. Once this has been completed and stained I'll have to make some interior detail before finally fixing the shed in position onto the platform surface.
Until the next entry.
Best wishes
Dave
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