In the description section of this site I have declared my inexperience with modelling any structures.  The barren platforms at Doncaster are a frustrating incentive to me to learn and I thought therefore that I would share my efforts as they emerge from the mess of my workbench.  Please feel free to let me have any comments or advice you may have. 

Doncaster PSB was my first attempt at scratchbuilding any major structure.  The real thing is collossal and space precludes my recreating anything much more than its facade.  Nonetheless, the prototype dominates the southern end of the station and, to my mind, a model of Doncaster would not be complete without some attempt to recreate it. 

The inspiration

I did my best!

The locos give some further sense of scale

I tackled this next because it is standalone and distinct.  In fact, since the real thing is largely glass, it presented some difficulty, but I hope I managed to bluff my way sufficiently to create a passable impression of the real thing.  Of course, I committed the cardinal sin of building which is to dive straight in without conducting adequate research or preparation.  The result of my distorted memory is a building that is too tall and not sufficiently wide - making it appear rather squashed together.  Nonetheless, it stands and makes my own platform 3a seem slightly less barren.

After the waiting shelter this building seemed an obvious next subject; it is the only remaining standalone structure left for me to model at Doncaster.  Now this is complete, the remaining station buildings are unified by the massive platform canopies.  Nonetheless, the Plant room/office is a prominent building located at the London end of platforms 4/8.  The crittall windows are the most characteristic feature and these gave me hours of "fun" with thin plastic rodding and PVA.  The basic structure is plasticard covered with brick sheeting (fixed with PVA) and strenthened with plasticard struts glued strategically inside.  The roof is balsa.  I have also modelled a small part of the interior (which is lit), and enjoyed giving free-reign to my imagination as I did so. 

The real thing

The same building from a different angle

My effort! As evidence of my increasing luncacy I ask you to note the de rigeur orange hi-visibility jacket (crafted from a suitably scrumpled morcel of sellotape) hanging off a hook on the side of the locker and just visible through the window.

...from a different angle