Gillan's Green
Part of 'The Purple Line'
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Gillan's Green is named after singe Ian Gillan. It depicts an
awfully English scene of country church next to a village
bowling green. A sign says it's The Bol'in Green. No, not a
typo, but a reference to Tommy Bolin the bands second guitar
player who took over, for one album, from Ritchie Blackmore.
The box was originally made as one of the
terminus ends, but that got changed when Paice End was added.
There is now an exit/entrance hole on both sides of the box. The
platform was removed and a siding added.
The cottage and bowls pavilions are Metcalfe kits. The church
is built from scratch. The tower is probably a bit on the short
size, a restriction caused by the 65mm height of the box file.
All the gravestones were cut from card and painted and are
several different shapes.
The bowls figures are from P&D Marsh, with pin heads used
for the bowling woods.
The background scene is a photo found on the internet.
The original box design is shown in one of the photos below.
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