A couple of years ago John Hughes gave me 3 plaster walls to play with. I had never built a plaster structure or a diorama and at the same time the Internet-based Railroad Line Forums were doing a gas station challenge. There was no way I would finish in time so I decided to build the gas station for the 2008 NMRA British Region Convention which was a year away. Little did I know how large the project would end up!
The rest of the story is in the June 2009 Continental Modeller here. Here are a few photos along the way:
Starting the Gas Station frontage:
The Gas Station:
Interior details:
The General Store from outside before the windows were added:
The General Store roof from the inside:
Staining the strip wood for the Garage Repair barn, the darker bits will be towards the bottom.
Testing building placement:
Starting the scenery:
First layer of scenery from above:
The Garage Repair barn installed:
The diorama partly installed:
The Garage Repair barn with exterior details started to be added:
The Garage Repair barn with roof half built:
The General Store:
Overhead view of the Gas Station:
Overhead view of the General Store:
Interior view of the garage repair barn:
Interior view of the garage repair barn:
Interior view of the garage repair barn:
The garage repair barn from above:
The work bench:
Tovey’s General Store front:
Interior of the garage repair shed:
Man scratching his head:
The final article in June 09 Continental Modeller can be found here.