What application do you use to produce the scaled drawings? - Fantastic to see you doing such deep diving research to replicate the full sized station building. Really enjoying the videos documenting the build process. Hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Julian

Awesome mock up merry Christmas from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 love the videos can’t wait for next instalment happy new year 🥳

Hi Julian. Even as a mock-up, it looks awesome! My worry (for the real-world version) is that the canopy supporting stations may have obstructed the carriage doors.

Julian how would rainwater on canopy running back towards building be handled. Would there be internal guttering or would inside side of canopy slope from center to both ends.

Nice work can't wait to see the rest Mery Christmas to you and your family

I really love your work!

Damn, your skills dude are next level.

Merry Christmas. Great video again. My observation of the canopy is it looks very good size wise and the pitch looks right, the only thing that struck me was the columns/posts they would not be on the outside edge but under the ridge. This because they would obstruct the carriage doors. On the original station they would be fine but on your layout I think they would be set back as I said. Just a bit more 3D printing from your friend.

This is the best part of model railways.scratch building the real thing.iv done a signal box and engine shed here in dublin.

That looks spectacular, another fine piece of model engineering. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family, I look forward to more informative modelling from your channel in 2025.

Looks great Julian , a merry Christmas to you ⛄🎄🌈🙏

Shaping up nicely! The actual model's going to be an elegant building when finished. I wonder what the original architect would think of the tribute to his work. The computer design tools at your disposal would probably amaze him.

The canopy looks pretty much bang on. Great job given the reference material available. Resin printing rather than FDM would be the way to go for the ironwork. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Hi Julian ,once again thanks for another brilliant video. Looking forward to the next episode. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family.

Thank you for the vidio, Sir, Happy Christmas to you and your family.

Wow Julian, your mock-ups are better constructed than my finished buildings. Just one thing that took my eye and by all means disregard my comment, but the canopy columns seem a little too close to the platform edge. I'd move then back towards the station building so that intending 4mm scale passengers don't bump into them when getting off their train.

Great detail Julian like others have said that drawing is as good as any architects. Wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas and looking forward to 2025 and more of your updates.

Bloody brilliant Kiwi!!! All the best to you and yours over the ditch. Warm regards. Chris👍👍👍🎄🎁

nice kit build keep up the great build and train update thank merry christmas to you

Wow, a lot of engineering work going into this model, looking good.

Dear Julian, thanks for the video. Thoughtfull as always. Your station will be more like the original than the original ever was I assume. You are doing so detailed on everything, nobody could ever proove it not to be exact. The builders would have paid you for your excellent drawings + the model, even the mockup. Enjoy the holidays and my best wishes for 2025 to you and your family and friends. Best Albrecht

Julian looks good however I think the columns look a little close to the edge of the platform, there always was a lateral clearance to objects away from the platform edge to allow coaching stock to come into the station with the doors open and passengers ready to jump out as soon as the train stops. I will look into my records and let you know the dimension the same would apply to the short height wall at the end of you platform in your video into clip to your videos

Thanks for the Timelapse at the start, it must have taken ages in reality. Just an observation, the mock up looks wonderful, but on your platform what is the clearance to the platform edge from your posts?. In scale would they be far enough back to allow a passenger to stand in front of one or to have clearance of an opened coach door?. Difficult to tell the dimension. If it’s too close you can obviously change the location of the post in the girder, whilst keeping it as is for the model of the owners. Fascinating stuff as always, how did you know the mathematical calculations to cut the thin slither from the canopy to get the right angles…… incredible! Merry Christmas to you and your family Julian.

very nice will be interesting to see the final version!🤔

It varies in UK on the drip from the canopy edge as to if it falls on the cess through the station, or just set back a bit and onto the platform ( there might be a box gutter running along the "front" edge (and rear) of the canopy so the only rain is from that hitting the front down pointing weatherboard fasica strip

Looking forward to seeing the outcome of the station hope you have a good Christmas mate all the best Colin from Mossend railway oo.

looks like its going to be amazing- as for laser cutting, this is something I have just got into having recently acquired a machine, so far I can say the kerf is around 0.1mm and in doing tests with 1.8mm plywood I was able to cut parallel lines spaced at 0.3mm and still leave a web of wood between the lines (albeit a very thin one) parts cut to the same size fit together well (ie tabbed parts leave just enough room for glue and fit snugly) so no major kerf allowance required, if your drawings are correct and fit, the parts will fit just as well.

Superb mockup Julian .And build. You make it look so simple..lol Verry Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.. Regards Lord Al.

Merry Christmas and thank you for another interesting year of Railway modeling

Wow Awesome Julian what a great mockup Happy Christmas to you and your family regards Greg

Julian, You may or may not be aware that columns and the like must be set back 6 feet (24mm) from the platform edge. I’m not sure whether or not this bothers you. Just saying. Great work though. Cheers, Harold (Queensland)

Hi Julian, this building is coming along nicely, I have been watching The Old Station Renovation, since they started, looking foreard to you next update,I wish you and your family A VERY MERRY Christmas and a safe and Happy New, best regards from an ex ChCh lad now living in Melbourne Les

Progress is coming along at good rate! Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year to you to ! Cheers Alan, Christchurch NZ.

Julian. Thats a very nice mock up. Merry Christmas . ken from Indiana

Fabulous modelling Julian. Great to see progress. Happy Christmas!

but i gurse you like the hydrolics as you have a "hymek" on the shelf behind you :D

Awesome model! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wow looking great Julian and Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Take care God Bless

Merry Christmas Julian. I was looking at the last video and it appeared that the canopy covered the gents room entrance. You can see the old cutoffs of the "I beams" that are visible in the photo. I know their is no photo of the canopy in that area, I was wondering if you had noticed the same?

when i used to live in the old station. an old guy used to turn up every now and again. he was a relative of the station master for wenvoe. he told me that there were very few passenger trains stopping at wenvoe. as it was mainly a coal route. but he did say he had the name plates from a class 52 "western" so he was a hero to me 😁

Fascinating detective work.

Sinister train

Good morning Julian there may be evidence still on the platform where the surports were like where the holes have been filled. Stephen

Rapido 15XX . Mine is the same as yours. Looks fantastic but a very poor runner. It jerks down an incline and temporarily cuts out on a clean straight piece of track. Possibly down to those dreadful plunger pick ups.

Very interesting episode, spotted the remnants of the 'I' beams in the upper wall areas and enjoyed the depth you went into re. the canopy and other modifications Looking forward to the next episode as usual

Well done Julian, what a wonderful discovery. Love the photo with the canopy extension.

Fascinating stuff Julian

quick internet search, which may , or may not help BARRY RAILWAY Most of the woodwork and metalwork was painted brick red, with window frames in white (HMRS Journal April 1981). Station running in boards and signs were enameled, with white lettering on a dark blue background. Thanks to Meic Batten for the information.

Why Victorian buildings so high in internal ceilings. 2 reasons - 1) Coal fires can be quite hot , heat rises , to reach a fair equilbrium you have to make a room of a size that is not too small as the it will overheat. 2) Gentlemen wore Top Hats so you would need clearence for them

Maybe the upper (ornate) sections of the pillars were difficult to cut from the I-Beams (and leave them usable), and it was just easier to shear through the column below them.