Mrs Wilberforces's house launched by Buggleskelly Station

Tom Marshall tells us, "The Ladykillers is one of my favourite films as I grew up watching the Ealing comedies, and this film was influential upon dark comedy that followed it.  The house is a character in itself, which moves as the trains pass by. 

"When I was asked by Dawn Quest of Model Railway Quest to design Mrs Wilberforce's house, I began by rewatching the film and collating a number of screenshots.  I could then piece together a basic structure in CAD which I would gradually refine.  Very little of the rear of the building is visible on screen, so there are sections where I was forced to use artistic license, but for the front of the building I was able to count bricks and gauge the heights of windows and the main features of the building.  I built the walls brick by brick, which allowed me to add subsidence and cracks.  The left-hand side of the building is propped up, and the side wall has turned to a pile of rubble."

To allow easy addition of glazing, interiors and lighting. the interior 3D printing supports have been designed to be easily snipped away, resulting in a strong hollow structure. 

The building is available in T Gauge (1:450), Z Gauge (1:220), US N Gauge (1:160), N Gauge (1:148), TT Scale (1:120), British TT3 (1:101.6), HO Gauge (1:87), OO Gauge (1:76). The model is available either unpainted, or handpainted in full colour.

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