Hi All

I have recently been building a platform for a friends N gauge layout. This is a colonel HF Stephens line and the platform is composed entirely of timber. A major problem with this is to make the model strong enough to withstand being transported and not have the timbers, in scale terms, too large.

When you consider 1mm equates to 6" in the prototype, I feel that the size of the timbers used in the fence are oversize, but I am pleased with the overall effect. I need however to complete the booking office and then paint and weather the whole platform.

The height may appear too high, but the model is designed to be fixed directly to the baseboard surface. By the time that ballast and rail height is taken into account, bearing in mind that Peco track uses code 80 rail, the installed height is about correct.

The roughness of the surface, and the patchwork of the joints between the planks on the platform surface capture the feel of the KESR halt at Junction Road. The word 'Junction' in this instance is used in the sense that it is a road which joins two other roads.

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Lisa