The up and down platform buildings are radically different in style and original building materials. The main station building, on the down platform, is a brick structure with many stone framed windows. The upper floor of this building was designed and built using a decorative exposed wooden framework and plaster panels. While this proved to be unsatisfactory in real life - it apparently leaked like a sieve - I chose to model it this way to offer a more pleasing finished article than the later vertical clay tiling. All windows but those in the south wall, and all the doors are scratch built because I could not find suitable pre-fabricated units.

On the other hand, the up platform building is a wooden structure and is far simpler in design and construction. Again, I chose to build to the plans even though I believe certain details were altered during construction. This was my first model building, and I would certainly do things differently if I were building it today. For instance, I would use thin plywood or plastic stock as the base frame and apply a suitable surface finish. I have actually built it all using balsa wood and this is not as stable as I'd like nor is it rigid enough to maintain straight lines. The front wall somehow twisted and warped a few days after I had set in some Juneco white metal windows and doors. (Juneco is a family run Canadian business that produces bits and pieces of fine quality and detail.)

I have not yet built the original north or south signal boxes, but have experimented with a stock Ratio Midlands Region plastic kit, bashed to look somewhat Southern; and while it is quite out of place with the rest of the layout, it will stay for now. The interior is fully equipped and the roof is removable to show this off.