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Rusticated Weatherboarding

Erudhalion

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Well, that was rather a long break.

 

I had started preparing some old baseboards for my planned Forest of Dean inspired layout, but work ground to a halt a few years ago. The boards are still there, but I haven't got the space to work on them any more.

In the intervening years, I have been to the read Forest of Dean as a working volunteer on the DFR, so have had a chance to look around and be inspired.

 

What I've decided to do is build a few FoD inspired structures, both to get to grips with scratchbuilding and potentially to have something to use on the layout, when I get a chance to work on it again. As my modelling budget is pretty much non-existent, I've decided to use the piles of humble Packeto-Cornflacko and Backo-Ringbinder-Refillblocko that O have accumulated over the years.

 

First up is the station building, which is a 4mm version of the original wooden S&W Lydney Junction station building. The S&W books by Ian Pope & Co have proved invaluable, as vol. 1 has a full set of 4mm scale drawings. The plan is to have full interiors and lights.

 

The main structure is made of two layers of BRR (which is a fairly high quality card, light gray and about 1mm thick), which is coincidentally about scale thickness. The first real hurdle was how to replicate the rusticated weatherboarding on the outside. After a few experiments, I settled on strips of medium weight paper. Among my father's vintage technical drawing equipment I found a machine for drawing equally-spaced lines, which I used to mark out the strips and guidelines on the sides themselves.

 

Next I need to cut out window and door apertures and cut the 6 internal walls (5 across, one lomgitudinal separating the gents toilets from the ladies) and the ceilings. Not sure if the original had flat ceilings, but I need them for rigidity. Unfortunately popping over to Parkend to have a look at and original building is not really an option (unless 1600km counts as "popping").

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What's 4½ years in railway modelling? Nothing much! :D I look forward to seeing the station building, it's a nice prototype.

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