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Is there any chance of an update as to how this project progresses?

You do realise that you talking modern history here. As others have said Bill Hudsons book "Through Limestone Hills" ISBN 0 86093 217 6 is the definitive text with drawings of most of the station structures from Ambergate through to Chinley. It is however as rare as hen's teeth - but well worth a search on Abe Books (aka Amazon for wrinklies) or Oxfam ( who are getting a lot of good stuff as codgers such as myself are called to the scrap yard in the sky- they understand the value of the books being donated unlike many other charity shops and railway books can searched on their web site). Bibliophile Books is also worth a look. Equally worth a look are books by John M Bentley published by Foxline and later Booklaw. Greg Fox in creating Foxline set a benchmark for others to follow in terms of content and price accessibility. Look for J M Bentley Foxline Scenes from the Past 2 "The Railways around Buxton" ISBN 1 870119 01 0 published in 1987. He then went on to write Scenes from the Past 7"The Railway from Buxton to Bakewell.Matlock and Ambergate" and latterly following Booklaws adoption of Greg's Foxline books - Over the Peak Parts 1 & 2 ISBNs 978 1 907094 65 1 - ISBN 978 1 909625 00 6. Keith Miles Foxline Book Scenes from the Past 44 "Rowsley Motive Power Depot" is also worth a look - Foxline ISBN 1 870119 72 X With regards to architecture Chinley is not a good example to follow in that the latter was completely rebuilt as part of the 1905 expansion including to Gowholes to Heaton Mersey cut-off. Chinley was rebuilt from pre-fabricated timber kits. Millers Dale was rebuilt at the same time but only the western platforms - the original station on stone, the bit you are modelling remained as seen in the pictures remained untouched. If you have a chance to visit the area - Bakewell Station Building is still extant and would probably fit better into the scale of things. I have not seen Bill Hudson at his regular exhibition haunts for a while but his team still turn up. If only there was some publisher willing to republish "Through Limestone Hills" - if only

Forgive if I am duplicating any earlier entry as I have just caught up with this compulsive thread. Two points - I find Alibris http://www.alibris.co.uk/ to be an excellent source of out of print books particularly the excellent structures and diagrams books that used to be a feature of OPC - Oxford Publishing Company. Recently a large number of 1960's publications have come on the market as I assume that sadly the first post war railway modellers have passed on to the great marshalling yard in the sky. It does have ahandy feature whereby if you want a book that is not in stock you can leave an enquiry. Second Geoff Taylor http://gtbuildingsmodels.co.uk/ has written two books Creating Model Buildings Wild Swan ISBN 979 1 905184 79 8 which features Horton and Appleby station buildings - he also does a dandy line in window and door etches - invaluable when building the distinctive waiting hall areas. His new book is has now been published http://gtbuildingsmodels.co.uk/page26.html and is now firmly on my birthday present for Grandpa list.Hope this helps.