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Shifting Sands - Colin Peake's O9 Railway Modelling

14th May 2006

...and other recent projects.

One of the key structures for 'Shifting Sands' will be a typical seaside rock/ice cream sales kiosk, as illustrated in a previous gallery. Not only will this be key to provinding part of the seaside atmosphere, but it will also be a key element in hiding trains entering and leaving the hidden sidings.

I had planned for this to be a cafe rather than a kiosk, but I eventually hit upon the idea of using the roof from a Triang-Hornby 'modern' station building as a basis for the model. New walls were constructed from Foamcore with window openings as appropriate. Walls are clad with Evergreen strip styrene and Slater's embossed planking.

The windows are modified from HO scale doors made by 'Smalltown USA'. These are similar to the windows I used on an office block on my 4mm scale layout 'Padgate Lane'. I modified these to set the opening paines further back, one window is modelled open and another closed. The open window will be the kiosk serving hatch, with perhaps a queue of hungry 7mm scale customers?!

Updated 11/03/06: I have added varios pipework and roof detail to the building, using parts from my spares boxes and some imagination! I have also built a basic interior, which will not be too visible through the windows but at least it is there....

Updated 14/05/06: It's been finished over a month now but I've only recently found the time to upload some photos of the completed, painted and weathered building.

Perhaps not the obvious contender to make a 7mm scale building, this is the Triang-Hornby building that has donated it's roof to this project	The basic structure of the new building is made from 3.5mm foamcore board, making a strong but lightweight structure.	A view from the corner of the building. The exposed edge of the foamcore is covered with 'Scotch' tape before adding the cladding.
The opening windows at the front of the structure are made from HO scale doors from the 'Smalltown USA' range, with suitable modifications. Unmodified example is at the top.	The next stage of the project was to add vertical sections of 2.5 x 1 mm Evergreen styrene strip. These are attached with Solvent Free 'UHU' adhesive.	A door frame has been added from 0.5 mm plasticard. The door will be represented by the surface of the foamcore board.
Horizontal planking is Slaters embossed plasticard, carefully cut to fit between the uprights. This is held in place with double-sided adhesive tape.	A strip of 2.5 x 0.5 mm plasticard is added around the base of the model to represent framework.	Added 11/03/06 - The now structurally complete building.
Added 11/03/06 - The standard 3/4 view! The extractor on the roof is a Walthers HO scale product.	Added 11/03/06 - Downpipe and door detail. Pipe brackets are by S&D Models.	Added 11/03/06 - More pipework, soil pipe by S&D, other pipes by Knightwing. The tank is built from Wills box section sheet.
Added 11/03/06 - The 'basic' interior for the building awaits painting. This was scratchbuilt from plasticard.	Added 14/05/06 - The completed building seen painted, detailed and weathered.	Added - 14/05/06 - "Two coffees and a large Coke" - Service with a smile?
Added 14/05/06 - The other window, with a tempting selection of ice lollies on offer.	Added 14/05/06 - The door end of the building, now ready to be placed on the layout.