Three-D Modelling for Railways

Just realised I have nothing about these wagons. The reason being they are older than my printer - they were printed out by a friend back in February 2022, a year before I got my own printer and started this blog.  Prototype The prototype wagons were built in 1968 with curtain sides, but there were issues with pallets moving during transport and sticking out the side, and they were rebuilt in 1970-71 with solid sides. They were used to transport fertiliser from UKF's factory in Ince in Cheshire all around the country, until 1993. They were originally built for Shellstar Fertilisers, a subsidiary of Shell, but are best known for the UKF brand. UKF stands for " Unie van Kunstmest Fabrieken ", Dutch for Union of Fertiliser Factories  (and not  United Kingdom Fertilisers !). Later they became Kemira Fertilisers , but that was after the era I am interested in. There were a few variations in liveries in the UKF era, some including the Shellstar logo along side the UKF logo. Cur...

This is a station in Dorset; I have never been there, so no photos! I heard about it from a thread here . It closed in 1930, but remarkably the building is still standing and in good condition. It is now used as a restaurant, and has two coaches at the platform. There is a great photo here , and an article about the station here . I printed it in three parts: the platform, including the fence; the canopy; and the building itself.