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Hi,

For roughly 7 or 8 months now I've been building a Station building from scratch out of balsa wood, McDonalds coffee stirrers and card.

I started with one wall, as most do, and used two different thickness pieces of Balsa wood to give a step.



And then decked it out with coffee stirrers before cutting out windows and doors.









































































































Station Master Bates...









All that and its no where near finished yet!

Will this be ending up on the mamod group layout?

Most Possibly... Providing its not destroyed or knocked etc

I've been following this In Another Place, but it's nice to see all the pictures in one place. You've got more patience than I have..............

Awsome
Really like your building - and the series of pictures
Greetings from Norway

Thanks for posting Laurence.

I have made a start on my station building and plan to clad using coffee stirrers and lollipop sticks but I made the walls from marine ply with the roof sections cut in (triangle bits).

Great looking building, look forward to seeing more.

wow, great work there, are you going to paint it or leave it as is?

A very nice station.
We want to see more of this ...

You weren't kidding about the photos! What did you decide about painting it?

that's fantastic I love all the interior bits basa wood is fun to work with .are u going to paint it

Bits of it will be painted and others won't be... As to which bits are I am undecided yet... But the roof will be painted or coloured I don't like painting as I tend to make a right hash of it

Thanks for that a great view. I need to record my ongoing goods shed saga....

Wow! Like!

An absolutely superb job Laurence.

laurence703:92629 wrote:


Station Master Bates...

But it's a very lonely job and the hours are long!

Very nice, I particularly like the tiled roof.

Getting one of those discount coupons after buying a railway magazine at WH Smiths I visited McDonalds to stock up on more stirrers. Had to wait discretely whilst they refilled the dispenser - it is amazing how many stirrers you need for a large cup of tea!

Is this model a freelance design or based on an actual building or parts thereof?

Chris Cairns.

Excellent stuff - I particularly like the slates. As for painting those I'd be inclined to paint 'em all mid-grey, pick out odd ones here and there in slightly lighter or daker shades, and then give the whole roof a darker grey wash... Maybe woodstain for the rest? Or prime and a very simple understated paint job?

Andrew.

Thank you for your comments.

Chris Cairns - Awchit is 100% freelance and I've literally been making it up as I go along...

Andrew - I like that idea... Simple is sometimes best! Thanks

Peter Butler - Master Bates says it's not easy being the station master of a small junction where the points have a mind of their own and the drivers are always shouting Oh s**t when they're sent the wrong way...
Hmm.. He'll want a signal box next...

There isn't a little pun is there in station master bates name?