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The Railway Shed

Ian Morgan

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When I moved to a new house, I purchased a shed to house all my model railway stuff. Initially all sorts of junk got stored in there, until I could not even get in the door. After 5 years, some of the junk was removed, and it was used to house some computer servers, poorly cats, spare furniture, etc. Finally, enough room was made to set up Freshwater to work on it (still no room for a chair though).

 

So, nine years later and the original paintwork was starting to look tired, so I finally fulfilled my original plan. I found the BS381C shade numbers for BR(S) green and stone, as used for wooden station buildings, and found on Ebay a source for exterior paint mixed to any shade. This was duly applied and I think it looks good. The rest of the household were a bit alarmed at the shed turning bright orange though.

 

The surprisingly bright 50W LED floodlight is for dealing with the chicken enclosure opposite in the dark mornings and evenings, but the neighbours complained that it lit up their bedrooms when the local cats passed by, so I had to make up some form of baffle plate for it. After some thought, I made up a board to emulate the 'Next Train' boards used at stations. Some vinyl letters, also sourced on Ebay, completed the ensemble. The 'Private' sign on the door is my one, real, artifact that I obtained in my teenage years. Hopefully, I can now complete my model of Freshwater before the shed needs its next repaint.

 

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D869

It certainly looks the part Ian. I think that the SR colours are one of the more attractive schemes for wooden railway buildings.

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Ian Smith

Very nice Ian.  "The 'Private' sign on the door is my one, real, artifact that I obtained in my teenage years."  Does that mean that there is a station building door somewhere down south that has screw holes where a sign used to be? :-)

 

?Look forward to seeing the next update on Freshwater.

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Nice shed Ian. I could imagine that on the island somewhere. It would look good if you laid a bit of track by it.

 

Don

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Great stuff Ian, a man after my own heart. I too have chickens stationed outside the man cave.

 

Jerry

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Does that mean that there is a station building door somewhere down south that has screw holes where a sign used to be?

 

Sadly, the door, the building, and the platform it stood on, no longer exist as a new station was recently built a few hundred yards away (bit of a clue to the location?). However, I suppose the door was nude for some time, but that end of the station did not appear to get photographed.

 

Freshwater has another showing booked in Portsmouth on 9th May, so I should get a bit more done in time for that. I have more trees on the go, and the 3D computer model of the station building is slowly getting more of the ornate brickwork added.

Ian.

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