Kitbashing a small halt

[beancounter]

I wanted a small halt on the Ardnacraish Light Railway, for operational interest and, more importantly, to cover up a block used by wifey as a stepping stone to the border. A raid on the box under the workbench produced the following:

Korber kits for a lineside hut and a station canopy (built for the earlier US incarnation of the line)
The base from an Aristocraft station (the building is being modified and re-roofed for Ardnacraish)
Some Life-like fencing
Bits of Pola paving
A bench from Back to Bay6

With a bit of cutting and filing, and repainting into the ALR's West Highland-ish colour scheme, we have Bankfoot halt:

Mr Urquhart, from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, awaits his train to Ardnacraish, on his way to check on the fishing fleet:

 

[annieshalt]

absolutly wonderful scenic building. well done that man.

 

[steven large]

i like it!!! AWESOME WORK!!...r u weathering this ?...on roofs? wall? etc........

 

[Wobbleboxer]

Remind wifey to move before she uses her stepping stone.

 

[Glengrant]

brilliant that man!!!!!!

 

[mike]

now whats wify going to use??#
dam good job

 

[beancounter]

Remind wifey to move before she uses her stepping stone.

Full operating instructions will be issued

 

[beancounter]

r u weathering this ?...on roofs? wall? etc........

Not initially, Steven. The hut had been outside for 7 years before I repainted it, and had faded/weathered nicely. So I'll let Mother Nature have a go first.

 

[beancounter]

Thanks for the kind words, chaps. I've still to add a nameboard and a couple of small items, like fire buckets.

 

[steven large]

wow 7 yrs it long time...kool......cant wait til it done....i like it..

 

[owlpool]

very nice
what it needs now is a live steam engine to set it off

 

[beancounter]

very nice
what it needs now is a live steam engine to set it off

 

[Gizzy]

I wanted a small halt on the Ardnacraish Light Railway, for operational interest and, more importantly, to cover up a block used by wifey as a stepping stone to the border....

So it's not so much a station as a Border Crossing?

Must be some sort of tax advantage to being so close to the frontier....

 

[beancounter]

So it's not so much a station as a Border Crossing?

Must be some sort of tax advantage to being so close to the frontier....

Passports required to get into Scotland, Gizzy - Hadrians wall no longer keeps the Sassenachs out.

 

[Bram]

A great bit creative bashing, well done