I was very happy that corners didn't try the interleaving bricks thinsg - it gives horrible results. All the joints a beveled, and much better plan. The roof bevels were a bit to shallow, so after fitting the rafters I put some shaped reinforcements in. Just to be on the safe side.
The windows go in the holes with the glazing sandwiched. Trace amounts of contact adhesive stuck well and didn't ooze.
The skeleton of the building.
I had the interior kit, which is basically the floor and the lobby. The frame is two Severn Models kits, as is the shelf and instruments. Everything else in this shot is ModelU.
The roof and steps added. The slates are strips of one row which gives convincing overlapping. It really pays to draw lines where each row will go, getting the end rows to match the sides is not as easy a you'd think! If you look carefully you can see I was slightly out now and again.
Testing the lights.
Only when I'd finished it did I realise the box has foundations. Uh oh. Then I remembered I'd laid the original box on 3mm cork. Universe saved.
Bobby Bobby McGhee reaches for a lever he 'dropped' (it was that or chop his foot off, which seemed a bit harsh). The notice boards are palstikard, the notices chopped up paper. The fire extinguishers are 3d printed - I can't remember where from. A pity, as they were very well printed and you get a lot for your money. Like a lot. They are all over the layout.
A look inside.
And there it is planted
There's no two ways about it - this kit is not cheap. But it does go together well with none of the irritations I associate with laser cut MDF type stuff. With all the interior fittings I reckon it came in at around £230. But then it looks superb. I usually use chalk to point the bricks but the material stated to go soft, so I use tinted white acrylic paint instead. The result is great, but hand on heart I have to say it made the brick work somewhat light in colour than prototype. I'm claiming the that the WR actually re-pointed the whole box - something they never did, their boxes were always something of a patch work of repaired brickwork. I love this box, it's the nearest I could find to my box, but doesn't have gable ends. Or the internal flushing toilet - ah, what a luxury, we had it good in our box :-) I've not moved the point rodding or signal wires yet, it's going to have to all be redone and I am currently suffering an enthusiasm deficit with regard to that task.
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