BILLY BOYS’ WORKSHOP

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 21 (Supplement)

BILLY BOYS’ WORKSHOP

TOY RAILWAY STATION. This week, by special request, I am giving you instructions for making a simple toy railway station entirely from cardboard. You will require some pieces of white cardboard about one-sixteenth of an inch thick, a tube of strong adhesive, a ruler, a set-square and a sharp penknife. First cut out the base and the sides of the platform which are in one. Take a piece of cardboard measuring twentyfour inches long and seven and a half inches wide, and mark a pencil line one and a half inches from each long edge. Mark the four corners to the dimensions given in diagram B, and then cut these away with a penknife, using your ruler for a guide. Now cut half through the cardboard on the lines C,C, and bend the sides so that they stand up, as shown in diagram B. Cut three strips, four and a half inches long, and glue them between the sides to strengthen them. Cut another piece of cardboard to the sizes given in diagram D, mark the lines E,E, across, and cut the board half through on these lines. Bend the ends down slightly, and glue the part in place to form the top of the platform. On another piece of cardboard, mark out the station building to the sizes given in diagram F. After cutting, it to shape, cut half through on the dotted lines, and bend the ends at right angles. Cut a piece for the back the same size as the front of the building, and glue it in place. For the roof, cut a piece of card, eight inches by five, mark a line down the centre and cut half through. Bend it to the right angle and glue it in place The awning G, is a piece of cardboard eight inches long by three inches wide, with the edges turned down. Glue this in place and fix cardboard brackets at the ends, as shown. Glue the building to the top of the platform in the position indicated in diagram D. To make the fencing, cut a number of posts a quarter of an inch wide and one and a half inches long. The top

parts of the posts are glued to the rail, which is also a quarter of an inch wide. The lower ends of the posts are glued to the back of the platform, as shown in diagram H. The two posts for the. name board should be cut from slightly thicker cardboard, and glued in place in the same way. You can now get busy with your paint box, and make the station look smart The windows can be painted in, and the name had better be painted on the board before it is glued to the posts. Of course, you can paint any station name you fancy. The Hut Carpenter.