Description
Stretton station on the Ashover Light Railway was designed and built by the Clay Cross Company. Opened in 1925, Stretton was the lines main passenger interchange with the Midland Railway. The building consisted of a covered waiting area and a good office. The station was closed for passenger traffic in 1937 but goods traffic continued until 1950. The Ashover line was lifted and sold for scrap in 1951. The Clay Cross company had offered the line to the local council for a public foot path but they refused it on the grounds that maintaining the bridges would be too expensive !
Further information on the Ashover Light Railway can be found here.
This Stretton station laser cut kit is in 1/20 scale making it suitable for both the Sixteen Millimeter and G scale modeler.
Please click on “Product Dimensions” to the left for size details
Poplar Plywood Construction
All walls are double thickness 3mm thick , laser cut poplar plywood with engraved planking.. This is easily painted or varnished to give an attractive finish
Birch Plywood Detailing
The windows and doors are built up from “sandwiches” of thin birch plywood. These can be painted separately and fixed to the main structure after its painting
High Impact Polystyrene Roof
The corrugated roof overlay is vacumn formed HIPS sheet. This also has the virtue of being completely rain proof!
Note: If the modeler intends to leave this building out between running sessions then we highly recommend thoroughly varnishing or painting this structure together with the use of a waterproof PVA adhesive (neither of which is not included in this kit).
