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THE CAKEBOX CHALLENGE 2021

The Cakebox rules are simple – build a model that will fit in a standard cardboard cake box that is eight inches square and six inches high. Each scene must include two model railway items, and for the latest round, two items of ‘rubbish’.

Models can be any subject and scale. At the end of three months, competitors submit three photographs and a short description of their model, the winner being chosen by a public vote.

Winner

Steampunk monorail

Builder: Ben Bucki

I’ve been into Steampunk for years – it’s essentially alternate universe/science fiction through a lens of Victorian technology, styles, and fashions. I’m friends

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