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HOW TO... BUILD A NARROW GAUGE ENGINE SHED

A proud member of the Corrugated Iron Appreciation Society on Facebook, there was only one material that Phil Parker’s engine shed could look like.

I’ll admit it, I love scruffy sheds. You can keep your grand architecture. Give me a building made of wiggly tin any day. Found around the world, in various states of disrepair, they ooze character and make great models. When planning out the industrial scene for last month’s issue, my mind pictured a small metal building providing a home for the narrow gauge locomotive. It would be small, worse for wear,

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