Coal office and staithes

Coal & Timber Office

Based on B. Horton & Son Coal & Timber Office, Westerham Kent. Built of brick, tile and slate in 1903 and located near to the station goods yard. The building, with some modifications, survives to this day under new ownership. The model is close in style to the office as built.

The kit includes optional interior floor & partitions and expandable 2 bay coal staithes (without coal).

Office Footprint: 85 mm x 64 mm
2 Bay Coal Staithes footprint: 75 mm x 75 mm

Required Skill Level: Advanced (Please see Home page for definition)

Our Build Material Kit (below) contains sticky backed paper, board, acetate and wire, or you can supply your own materials. Complete DIY material and Tool requirements are listed towards the bottom of this page.

To purchase this kit please click the add to basket icon below.

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Coal & Timber Office

Delivered as a .pdf data file.

When your payment has cleared at PayPal you will be shown the assembly instructions to download. The kit .pdf file will be delivered separately to your PayPal registered email address within 24 hours of cleared payment.

Coal & Timber Office Material Kit

  • 3 x 750 micron (0.75 mm)  Grey Board.
  • 4 x A4 Sticky Backed Paper for Ink Jet or Laser Printers.
  • 1 x 99 mm x 210 mm x 250 micron (0.25 mm) Transparent Sheet.
  • 140 mm x 1.00 mm diameter wire

Kit includes materials for interior floor & partitions and up to 4 bay coal staithes. For more than 4 bay coal staithes order the SPECIAL MATERIAL KIT (below) as well - 1 kit per 4 bays.

You still need to print the model kits yourself and source adhesives.

Some kits require additional, standard, A4 white print paper that you probably already have to hand (not included).

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Special Material Kit

For Platelayer hut without a tool hut or,

Tool Hut without a Platelayer Hut or,

Signal Box Interior without a signal box or,

Extra 4 bay coal staithes for Coal & Timber office or,

Top up another material kit.

Contents:

  • 1 x 750 micron (0.75 mm)  Grey Board.
  • 1 x A4 Sticky Backed Paper for Ink Jet or Laser Printers.

You still need to print the model kits yourself and source adhesives.

 

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DIY Material List

  1. Coal & Timber Office Kit (.pdf file)
  2. 4 x A4 Sticky Back Label Sheets (recommended). Otherwise, 80g/m2 A4 Copier/Ink Jet White Paper. (2 for office, 1 for interior, 1 per 4 bay coal staithes.)
  3. 3 x A4 Grey Board* (1 for office, 1 for interior, 1 per 4 bay coal staithes.)
  4. 1 x 80g/m2 A4 Copier/Ink Jet Non-Sticky White Paper
  5. 1 x 210mm x 65 mm clear acetate sheet or packaging for window glass

(Ideally 250 micron; thinner is ok)

  1. 140 x 1mm Diameter Wire
  2. Quick Drying PVA glue
  3. Paper Glue Stick
  4. Cyanoacrylate glue
  5. Double Sided Tape for windows if not using stick back paper.
  6. Black acrylic or enamel paint and white spirit for brush cleaning if using enamel paint.
  7. Artist Fixer Spray – To protect from moisture ingress if using water based ink

* Grey Board is a thicker form of cardboard available from eBay.

Tool list

  1. Scalpel with either spare blades or sharpening stone
  2. Scissors
  3. Cutting Mat or Thick Card
  4. Metal mm rule
  5. 2mm Drill Bit or Rod.
  6. Black felt tip pen
  7. Tweezers or Thin Nosed Pliers
  8. Small Paint Brush
  9. Wire Cutters
  10. Magnifying Glass

The Prototype