Moving a Box

Just enough time for the last update of the year,  or if you're on the other side of the pond,  the first update of '25 !   I've been thinking of making this change for awhile now.  The signal box at Windrush Junction has been located on the other side of a small road / level crossing since the beginning, but I've become more convinced it would look better being on the platform.  So there we are,  a few cuts and it has since been moved.  I think it's an improvement.  A future lamp hut will be planted between the box and the road.  Now,  what to do with the sudden empty space that's opened up ?  Ideas, thoughts are welcomed.  Perhaps a small hotel,  for travelers to rest up for the 3 mile jaunt to the village the station purports to serve ?  (perhaps managed by a Mr. Basil Fawlty :)  All the best for a peaceful, healthy new year.

Make Mine Mink !

 Make Mine Mink !   Who remembers that old classic film with Mr. Terry Thomas ?  A quick project and a fun one,  weathering one of Minerva Models excellent Great Western Railway Mink Van.   I'm no expert at weathering,  just some simple acrylic washes and chalk powder application.  Certainly tones it down and brings some of the detail to life.   All for now.