Modelling the Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways by Ford Chris;

Author:Ford, Chris;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crowood

PROJECT ELEVEN: TAL-Y-LLYN RAILWAY GUNPOWDER STORE

If the few additions to the Wills coal office have whetted your appetite, then you may wish to try your hand at a simple scratch-built plastic structure. Something without too much fine detail or complication is what is required here, and this particular building certainly has none of that.

The gunpowder store at the Tal-y-llyn’s Towyn Wharf station was built in the early years of the twentieth century and still stands today. It has been altered, but not greatly and retains its original character – that is, if you can say that a simple stone box has character. This benefits the modeller who is scratch-building for the first time, as there are no complex shapes to deal with and no window apertures to cut out. The door(s) on the original building were very narrow, only allowing for the width of the Tal-y-llyn Railway’s small wagons to enter. The current building features a much wider opening and the original offset rear doorway (the track runs though at an angle) is now covered by a more modern extension, which almost doubles the size of the original building. The dovecote visible in the photo was an early feature, which was later removed, but has now been reinstated by the preservation company.

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