Elcho Station Building by Nigel Tregoning.
The station building on Elcho is a Highland Railway design. The Highland used wood exstensively for build construction throughout its network. This particular example still exists at Plockton on the Kyle line. The building is constructed using various types of plastic card. Plans for this building were published in the Railway Modeller in 1976.
The walls are made using 'Board & Batten' sheets from Evergreen. This American product, while HO scale, is quite superb. It's easily available in the UK and quite reasonably priced. The roof is made from Slaters Plasticard, overlaid with tiling sheets from the same company. These were cut into strips and then starting from the bottom, overlapped working up to the top, just like a real roof. The capping tiles were formed from Plastruct angled sections, this has to be scored to represent the joins.
Chimney construction uses Slaters brick sheets with concrete tops formed from plain Plasticard. The pots are made from a length of plastic tubing.
The windows are made from clear acetate with the frames drawn on with a Bow pen. I have to admit these were drawn for me by a friend.
The signs and notice boards are from the Scalescenes range. They are downloaded from the web, you then type in the name you require and print them. I printed mine on semi gloss photographic paper, but I think it's worth it.
The next stage is to add gutters and drainpipes, and maybe a few door handles wouldn't go a miss. Then I'll start to look at the interior details. So far though, it's been a most rewarding project.
The walls are made using 'Board & Batten' sheets from Evergreen. This American product, while HO scale, is quite superb. It's easily available in the UK and quite reasonably priced. The roof is made from Slaters Plasticard, overlaid with tiling sheets from the same company. These were cut into strips and then starting from the bottom, overlapped working up to the top, just like a real roof. The capping tiles were formed from Plastruct angled sections, this has to be scored to represent the joins.
Chimney construction uses Slaters brick sheets with concrete tops formed from plain Plasticard. The pots are made from a length of plastic tubing.
The windows are made from clear acetate with the frames drawn on with a Bow pen. I have to admit these were drawn for me by a friend.
The signs and notice boards are from the Scalescenes range. They are downloaded from the web, you then type in the name you require and print them. I printed mine on semi gloss photographic paper, but I think it's worth it.
The next stage is to add gutters and drainpipes, and maybe a few door handles wouldn't go a miss. Then I'll start to look at the interior details. So far though, it's been a most rewarding project.