Botanic Gardens: The Station Building and another Long Awaited Update

It has been a while since we updated the blog. Well, a while since I have!

So what's been happening? Quite a lot really! First things first, we will be at Scalefour North in April demonstrating how to 'Model a Prototype Location' - click HERE for full details. We were supposed to have had the whole layout there as a 'work in progress' but the ongoing uncertainty with the Hull clubrooms meant we felt unable commit as our working area may have disappeared. But we will have a presence at the show! There seems to have been a lot of interest in the layout over the last year or so so it will be nice to meet those who have asked about our progress.

Since the last update a number of project have come on in leaps and bounds, and we've even finished the odd bit here and there! The large numbers of hoppers required ultimately are slowly appearing. I have a batch of seven in primer ready for painting and lettering. Chris managed obtain a bulk pack from the club stand at the Wakefield show - he paid about two pounds per wagon!

Dave is continuing with the wiring and baseboard covers - he is also in the process of building an extention to the boards at the west of the station so we can ease the curve. He's produced various template on Templot which enabled us to decided just how would be best to achieve the result we wanted.

Chris has finished the station building and the result is stunning. I will let the photos speak for themselves (though I don't think they do his work justice).

Also present the other night was one of Chris' coaches which was rather nice - though it did remind that we don't have any passenger locos to haul it yet!

It was useful to determine if the trail length of platform would be suitable - the answer to this was a resounding yes! Chris will now be tackling the platforms as a whole and this first piece was a very useful trial.