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For some time I've been thinking of putting a small railway scene together using Airfix kits in a static display. Colin Marrow sparked this idea with his Airfix Village project. Alan Bean (Beany) and others added fuel to the fire with their projects, and with my recent railway builds I decided it was time to stop prevaricating and actually make a start. Firstly I measured all my kits - buildings, platforms, all statics - and cut out scale templates. I only have two platform kits, so decided this would be a terminus station with the Booking Hall facing the buffer stops. I was looking to use a single 607mm x 1220mm baseboard, and my crude plans indicated this may be possible - the determining factor would be the track geometry. Having reclaimed some track from my long-stalled loft layout, I laid out the point-work to discover that the station throat alone would need the 1220mm length, and an additional board was required for the station area. I purchased two hardboard sheets and four battens to support them an give them some rigidity, and set about gluing and screwing the frames to the boards. This had to be a simple construction as my woodworking skills are lamentable. The two boards bolt together giving an overall area of 2160mm x 607mm (that's 7'1" x 2' in old money) The tracks are glued down and only tacked at the ends. The turntable ring is dry fitted and positioned only. Likewise, the level crossing is an old one, merely laid down to check dimensions. I have found locations for the two footbridges I am working on.
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Chaps. Build complete. An altogether nice, easy, enjoyable build. There's certainly room for more detail, even lights I guess. It would stand up to detailed inspection, but if you wanted to fill a model railway layout quickly, these would be great! OOB, Bostik glue ans artists acrylic for touching up the edges, Pity I haven't any of that green "Flock"(?) to hide the edges. I've found a few other railway building kits in the stash (no idea where they came from as I don't have a model railway!), so maybe I need some trees etc. WIP here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234967811-superquick-00-detached-house-kit-wip/ Here we go, be gentle with me..... Cheers for looking, makes it worth my while! Rick.