First Building

[tegfan railway]

Nice! A bit too "new looking" for my taste - a VERY thin wash of some black paint (on the basis that you can always add more) would help.

Funny thats what my wife just said when I proudly showed her my almost complete construction. No worries there I have some Tamiya weathering powders ready for when I finish. Roof still needs painting as does the brick work.

[IrishPeter]

May I suggest you install a typical light railway platform:

Install edging a suitable distance from the rail - I favour some sort of stripwood well lathered in preservative - with the top 8mm above rail. Back fill with some sort of spoil - my favourite is decomposed granite as that is the local rock, and whack with a 2x4 until you have it suffciently patted down.

An alternative is concrete edging slabs, which are usually cheap enough from the local Big Tin Hardware Shed.

Whatever you do remember that full height platforms are a little rare in full size NG circles.

Peter in AZ

[tegfan railway]

Whatever you do remember that full height platforms are a little rare in full size NG circles.

Peter in AZ

Platform coming soon, once I decide height and style - what height would you chaps suggest??

[MDLR]

Platform coming soon, once I decide height and style - what height would you chaps suggest??

No higher than rail level - then you never have clearance problems!

[IrishPeter]

Not more than 6 scale inches or 8mm above rail level, which is high enough to give your 16mm people a boost onto the bottom step, but low enough that it hopefully does not catch the foot boards of any visiting vehicles.

I do not know about you, but I always use my largest vehicle to test clearences. The Calthrop Coach that I built is 678mm over the headstocks and 128mm wide over the steps, so it is the vehicle used for checking if things clear.

Peter in AZ

[tegfan railway]

Finished the exterior with a bit of weathering (I might paint the window sills brown???) Just going to paint the inside cream and fix benches etc to floor. Onto platforms now, I am thinking of using some mosaic stone tiles as edging then back fill dyed mortar or maybe waterproof floor grout - anybody used this before????



PS I know that platform/halt is next to a point but passenger trains will only be heading round the bend, quarry traffic will only use the left hand spur.