When I was a boy, one of my Christmas presents was "The Model Railway Constructor Annual 1984, Edited by Chris Leigh". This was one of my regular "go to" books through my teenage years and beyond, and was later joined by secondhand copies of other editions, but the 1984 issue was always my favourite.

One article was entitled "A Little Hut At Savernake", which included drawings and photographs of a hut set into the cutting side at Savernake Low Level.

In the late 1990s, during the reconstruction of my father's 00 layout (now known as "Templebar Junction"), it became apparent that the branch line embankment to the rear of the goods yard would be an ideal location for the Savernake hut. The idea went on the "To do" list and was eventually forgotten.

A discussion of Savernake on another RMWeb thread earlier this year brought the hut to mind, and I remembered my earlier plans to model it. Out came the annual, some card, acetate, brick paper and corrugated sheet and after a few modelling sessions, the hut was complete.

Now, 25 years since work started on Templebar Junction, and almost 40 years since I was given the article, the hut has been installed on the layout, helping to disguise a board join in the embankment.