When planning my micro layout Shirebrook Yard quite early on I decided to go with Mectalfe card kits for my buildings, why I hear you ask?
Well to be honest I was going down the scratch built route and although cheaper, scratch built is more time consuming and indeed my micro layouts are designed in such a way that the buyer can use them to start a larger layout. Metcalfes card kits range is large and varied enabling the modeller to add to the layout fairly easily.
This blog concentrates on P0336 which us a goods shed based on the Settle to Carlisle railway (as will be the station). This is a very detailed model and is reasonably easy to construct. As you can see below a Sharpe knife, ruler, charcoal pencils, weathering powder and glue. In this case UHU glue works fine but make sure you use Metcalfes own glue dispensers as very small amounts of glue are needed on some very small pieces.
First things first, open the box and do two things.
1. Read the instructions, these are complicated and detailed models, ten minutes making sure you know what your doing could save a lot of time and frustration later.
2. Check all the parts are there. Some of these kits have a lot of parts so best to find out now if you have some missing (not that you will as these kits are amongst the best available).
So let’s get building. I’ve said before a picture paints a thousand words so rather than tell I thought I’d show you how the kit evolves. The key really is to take your time.
So as you can see this is a stunning model and you’ll see the finished article when we look at SHIREBROOKE STATION.
In the next edition it’s time to bring SHIREBROOKE YARD nearer to the finished article.
Until the next time good modelling.
Alan.
Railway Imp 