Wansford Station Building: drawings wanted

[geoff_nicholls]

Has anyone made any drawings of the platform frontage of Wansford station building?
I dismantled Aldeburgh Harbour a while back, and am replacing it with something similarly generic, but more interesting to operate, and with much lighter boards. Now I have a growing collection of early LNWR and Eastern Counties stock I'm thinking one incarnation could be a small fictitious station on the Nene valley line with a station building recognisably similar to Wansford, though much smaller.
I can go to Wansford and take some measurements myself, but if anyone has done it already, it would save me a trip.

 

[Scale7JB]

Geoff, if you do go down to measure up, you may need permission from the Haulage company that regretfully own the building as well as the NVR.

If I remember correctly NVR had the option to buy it a while back but refused, and is now not their property although of course the platform where the building is, is NVR property.

JB.

 

[Mike W]

Are you sure JB? The NVR website says "The Wansford old station building on platform three was built in 1844/5 for the opening of the line. Built in a Jacobean style it features much ornate stone masonry. The NVR has recently acquired this building and will renovate it for use by the NVR and local community."

Mike

 

[Mike W]

You might want to look at Thrapston whilst in the area. On the same line and opened at the same time, but slightly less ornate. Wellingborough was also very similar but a tad smaller all round. Oundle was also similar.

Mike

 

[geoff_nicholls]

Oundle was also similar

That would be an alternative. I have drawings of Bicester, which I'll probably use to help with general proportions.

 

[Mike W]

I imagine you will use Plastikard Geoff, but my model of Wellingborough will be outdoors so cannot guarantee it won't get the odd dampness. I plan resin sections but its not an easy subject. For "not easy" maybe read "interesting"!

Have you worked out the size in Gauge 3? Its not a small building.

Mike