Saturday, 23 June 2012

The Railway Station

Using some photos from an internet website and rough measurements from google earth i have begun constructing the Jamestown Railway station building. It is made from sheets of foamboard purchased at office works cut and glued together and covered in a thin layer of airdry clay. I experimented alot with ways to create the stonework of the building hoping to find a quick easy solution that looked good but to no avail. Using the clay takes a while longer than pasting coloured paper to the sides but i think it looks much more realistic, it will eventually be painted to resemble large limestown blocks in a random ashlar style. The small bricks used for the corners and windowsills are red but i think may also pass as a painted cream colour. For the roof i used matchsticks and plain white card, I then cut strips of tin foil and wrapped them around a screw to get the corrugated iron look. Once everything is glued together and painted fingers crossed i get soemthing that looks like a railway station!

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