Things are taking shape

Its beginning to look more like a railway station than a slab of foam, here isthe latest progress.

The Culvert

Tonight I sat down with a rasp, texta, balsa wood and a knife and carved out the culvert at the Caltowie end of the yard, Here is the final result.

Another Goods Shed Shot

For the sake of it.

The Station Building

Here is some further progress, I’ve just cut put the basic shape of the roof. There is an awful lot more work to be done but it gives a good impression of how it’s going to look now that a basic roof structure is in place.

Getting an eye for things.

With little to do at present I decided to take some of the semi built structures out to the shed to get a good look at how it’s all coming along. The photos show the goods shed and overly tall grain silos on the bench with all of the track in its appropriate position. The grain silos need to have about 15cm chopped off!

Goods Shed Progress

Work is slowly moving ahead with the goods shed. This is it’s current status. It appears I’ve made it a little to high but my only references were photographs and google earth so I’m not to fussed.

Weathering Track

My first attempt at weathering track. I have read a million write ups on the net but figured the only way to learn how to do it was to actually do it. I’m happy with the outcome. After lightly brushing the sleepers with white paint I then brushed on a brown color, I then chose a lighter brown to paint the side of the rails. This was the outcome. Note; I haven’t yet cleaned off the tops of the rails.