Christmas 2020, Father Christmas was kind enough to deliver a number of cast resin buildings for the Claptowte Railway, including a Kippo Models Station Building and Toilet Block. I had not previously had any experience of putting together resin building kits, so it was logical that I start with the smallest and simplest, this being the Toilet Block. As this was the first resin cast building that I had assembled, it was to be my test piece. Having gained some knowledge and experience from that kit, I decided to tackle the much larger and more complex station building.
As with the Toilet Block, the first task was to clean up the various component parts to remove any flash from the resin casting process, I set about them with files and abrasive paper then everything was given a good wash in soapy water to clean off any mould release agent. I had to give some thought to how much assembly could be undertaken without the need to paint various parts first. I decided that I would start by assembling the bare shell of the building first, comprising the front, rear, two end and two partition walls. Copying the instructions and advice from the Toilet block construction, the parts were glued together using Gorilla Superglue. I then worked some Unibond repair metal into the brickwork interlocking corner joints which were scribed and filed to match. I also ran some Unibond down the inside corners, including the partition walls, in order to reinforce the bonds.
Even at this early stage, I worked in a couple of alterations to suit my needs. The three doors at the front and the two doors in the partition walls of the building were without doorknobs. I made some up out of some 2.5mm mains cable and insulation and added them at this stage. My other modification was to file two slots in the top of each of the top edges of the partition walls in anticipation of adding internal lighting at some stage and therefore the need to facilitate the wiring.
The next process will be to give the structure a spray of grey plastic primer but, at the moment I am undecided as to how to proceed further. I cannot decide if I should paint the brickwork first, or add the roof. I am erring towards the roof, as that could also be primed before any painting takes place.
David
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. Anyhoo, pull up a chair...this could go on a while...
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. Hope to see some of your work soon!
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