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As visitors will see, this is still very much a ‘work in progress’, but there is much to talk to us about.

Set in 1873, our model will be an accurate replica of the station in the prime of its brief existence before the opening of St Paul’s (or Blackfriars as it is now known) and the closure of Blackfriars Bridge to passenger traffic on the 1st October 1885. Most of the main station building was demolished thereafter and the site restructured as a goods depot. Even in its short life as a passenger station the track layout was changed several times, but we have chosen to build it before the opening of Hopton Street Goods and the spur that was put in to link the line to the South Eastern Railway.

Only the basic scenery is in place at present, with mock-ups of some of the structures which will appear in due course. The main station building comprises a series of identical bays: the idea here is to make moulds for each of the different types and cast them in resin once we have the window frames to work around. They have been drawn up, and we will either etch them ourselves or commission someone.