Owen Meschter
Lego Southern Region-style Signal box
I'm proud to show you one of my favorite lego buildings I've made, a Southern Region-inspired rebuild of an old signal box model I made long ago.
This was built in the first few weeks of Lockdown, back in March/April 2020. I was inspired to redo this after watching James May's TV program on reconnecting the old Barnstaple-Bideford line with 00 gauge track and a Triang Flying Scotsman set. In one scene they pass the old Instow Signal box, which is a classic old SR signalbox that was a part of the original line between Barnstaple and Bideford before the line closed in 1980. The signalbox is perfectly preserved and continues to guard the road crossing at Instow, in North Devon.
I was so in love with the romance and mystique of the old building and line, that I decided to remodel my old signal box based on the one in Instow. The main focus would be the interior, which I went all-out on. Originally there was no exterior chimney, but seeing as the rear of the building lacked detail, I swapped it out. I wanted to give the cream paneling a more realistic texture or look, but I couldn't think of a simple solution that would affect the interior.
The interior features 5 levers, a desk with a chair, a token key dispenser, a telephone, a fireplace with a clock, a crate with a bullhorn and red flag, and the appropriate dial board with all the proper instruments and gauges, including a black lamp.
I'm very, very pleased with this model, it perfectly encapsulates the romance of the old Southern signal box. It has inspired me to do more models and inspired works based of Southern design, which I intend to pursue with future buildings and perhaps trains, with next on the list being my new station build. Enjoy!
Lego Southern Region-style Signal box
I'm proud to show you one of my favorite lego buildings I've made, a Southern Region-inspired rebuild of an old signal box model I made long ago.
This was built in the first few weeks of Lockdown, back in March/April 2020. I was inspired to redo this after watching James May's TV program on reconnecting the old Barnstaple-Bideford line with 00 gauge track and a Triang Flying Scotsman set. In one scene they pass the old Instow Signal box, which is a classic old SR signalbox that was a part of the original line between Barnstaple and Bideford before the line closed in 1980. The signalbox is perfectly preserved and continues to guard the road crossing at Instow, in North Devon.
I was so in love with the romance and mystique of the old building and line, that I decided to remodel my old signal box based on the one in Instow. The main focus would be the interior, which I went all-out on. Originally there was no exterior chimney, but seeing as the rear of the building lacked detail, I swapped it out. I wanted to give the cream paneling a more realistic texture or look, but I couldn't think of a simple solution that would affect the interior.
The interior features 5 levers, a desk with a chair, a token key dispenser, a telephone, a fireplace with a clock, a crate with a bullhorn and red flag, and the appropriate dial board with all the proper instruments and gauges, including a black lamp.
I'm very, very pleased with this model, it perfectly encapsulates the romance of the old Southern signal box. It has inspired me to do more models and inspired works based of Southern design, which I intend to pursue with future buildings and perhaps trains, with next on the list being my new station build. Enjoy!