Panoias, a train station in south Portugal

[nalmeida]

Well, here are some pictures of my progress in a structure I've been building based on a Portuguese prototype of a train station located in the south of Portugal.

This is H0 and is made out of paper, I've been using a Silhouette Portrait to cut the paper/card for this a one and as always I've been drawing everything in Corel Draw.

Doors:



Walls:



Stairs on the side of the building:



In their place:



From above:



And the current status:





I'm working on the roof and preparing this to be a limited kit for my Portuguese friends.

[Frederic Testard]

Very nice work, Nelson. It's interesting to see the precise work you can do with the Silhouette Portrait.

[finescalerr]

Do you put anything on the paper to make it stiff like wood or plastic? It looks as though you have painted or sprayed it with varnish or something. -- Russ

[nalmeida]

Thanks for the comments.

I laminate four pieces of card stock (250 g) to make the walls, since i use pva glue between them this makes for a very strong wall. After that I only paint it with white primer. As for the windows and doors I use 180 g card and give it a few coats of the base color.
The walls are in total 2,4 mm thick and they become as strong as wood or plastic.

[Ray Dunakin]

Nice!

[kneighbarger]

Very nice....
Ken

[nalmeida]

Thanks once again for the comments Frederic, Ray, Russ and Ken. I'll try to upload a picture of the prototype tomorrow.