Due to the Lockdown enforced as a consequence of the Covid-19 virus, I have found myself with an abundance of free time on my hands. This situation has allowed me to pay more attention to the scenery of the layout and as such I have added more detail to the station area of the layout.
Effans Uchaf is situated in the heart of the Welsh countryside and I felt that nothing would suggest that more than some slate walls. The Southern platform (Platform 1) was always intended to be the main platform for trains to arrive and depart and, in my head, would be the original running platform. Platform 2, the shorter, was always intended to be used as extra capacity and would only ever be able to manage smaller train sizes.
I began the process simply with only a small section of wall, so that I could get used to the construction of a wall. I used mounting board as my main material with some thinner card and plasticard to mimic thicker slabs of slate. I stacked them on top of each other and secured them with cheap pva glue.
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| Construction begins. |
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| First section completed. |
Once I was happy with this section, I began the process of the longer wall. I took some advice from members of the 009 group and tried to include more random slab sizes and used some larger slabs near the base of the wall to make it look more like a wall. The result is a little uneven, but I am happy with it.
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| Construction of the second wall. |
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| Completed construction of the wall, now for the coping stones. |
Below are the completed walls on the layout. They need a little bit of weathering and securing onto the board, but they have brought the station to life. I need to find two gates for the platform entrance and begin construction of the fences for the rest of this area of the layout.
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| The two walls in their intended positions. |
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