Jacksons Wedding Pavillion

On wondering what Jacksons could do for the Wedding Weekend the idea came up a Wedding Railway Carriage, well we had a railway entusiast so we had the expertise required, we hoped.



So it started and it turned in to a lot bigger job than expected, we started by commissioning a unique railway carriage, it is a Dapol Mark 3 Coach with Electra Railway Graphics Vinyl Overlay.

Friday April 29th 2011 Prince William of Wales Miss Catherine Middleton Royal Wedding

'N' Guage scale 

9mm wide track

Pavillion

Base - 22cm x 28.5cm

Pavillion - w 15cm x d 19cm x h 5.5cm

16 Standing people

146 Seated people

16 Homemade benches

Complete with Electric Lighting

 

Below is  Photo Progress Journal of the work undertaken.

The Royal Pavillion started with common garden table mat available from any cheap jack shop. Then drill in several 3mm diameter holes.

Then disguise with paint and a raised platform and walkway made from Balsa wood and painted red to represent a red carpet for the Bridal Couple.

Then the seats were made from natural hardwood and left unpainted  each seat was individually handmade.

Then came the supports and working lights, and filling the pews with all the people, each person had to be glued on individually using a cocktail stick, then we ran out of seated people and had to cut the legs off standing people, which was most fiddly, time consuming it was!  Not forgetting the handmade cross.

Then time to build the framework.

Then to add the Bridal Couple complete with photographers just hidden by the post

Then it was time to add the cover, green flock for the grass and bushes with people, and seats.

All though more scenes were planned time was not on our side, below is the finished layout.  During the running session we alternated between the Wedding Train and a Wrexham and Shropshire Set,