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Active Member 77 posts EivindPT Active Member 77 posts
EivindPT

On my station module I'm having a passenger depot with a platform. The platform is a low platform with its top of the deck at the same height as the top of the rails. The deck will be gravel with stained wood to surround the platform.

Before Easter I started the project of building the platform. I wasn't very pleased with the result. A visit to my parents during easter led me to read one of last years MR that had an article about detaling a passenger depot and commuter stations. I realised that I had to rip up what I had done and redo it.

I ordered scale 4"x4" lumber from kappler and after my exams was done in early June I ripped what I done up, and started cutting the lumber in to approximately 8' lengths, and painted them in a creosote colored stain. I also managed to clue some of the wood down around the area making up the platform.

EivindPT ATSF in the late 1950's and early 1960's in O-scale
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EivindPT Active Member 77 posts
EivindPT

Fininshing of the wood

Just after I returned from my trip to the US I finished gluing down the wood. I used full strength carpenters white glue to glue the wood in place. I made sure I whiped of all excess glue on the outside of the platform since most of this side will be visible after the scenery is done.

Under are a couple of pictures showing the finished wooden walls.

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EivindPT ATSF in the late 1950's and early 1960's in O-scale
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EivindPT Active Member 77 posts
EivindPT

End of sections

Since the platform is on to different sections of my station modules I needed to make ends on the sections to get the platform to withstand rough handling. I used 1.5mm styrene from my LHS cut a little lower than the height of the platform (approximately 1mm) to get the final texture to go out on the end.

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The other section

The ends were glued to the wood by using Super 7 super glue. After the glue had dried I put spackling compound I had left over from other projects to minimize the amount of gravel I have to put down.

/></p><p>On this section I need to have spackling compound on everything to get save the amount of gravel I will use.</p>

EivindPT ATSF in the late 1950's and early 1960's in O-scale
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KnuT Super User 386 posts
KnuT

Good work

Good work, son! Keep on blogging!

KnuT

The P&SF / My blog at MRH
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Dave K skiloff Prolific poster 4,030 posts
Dave K skiloff

I agree!

Keep the photos coming.  I love seeing things take shape, and enjoy seeing the larger scales, too. 

Dave
Playing around in HO and N scale since 1976
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EivindPT Active Member 77 posts
EivindPT

Almost finished

First of all I'm sorry for the long wait. I finished laying down the "gravel" around four weeks ago and tooks some pictures then. I just didn't managed to get them posted.

Here's a picture of the result

Left now is some light weathering and some toutch up on the styrene at the ends of the sections. The last will be done when I will take them apart.

edit: corrected spelling error

EivindPT ATSF in the late 1950's and early 1960's in O-scale
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pipopak Frequent poster 894 posts
pipopak

Almost finished? HA!

A layout is NEVER finished, buddy!. There is always something else!.

About the platform, I would just put some loose gravel on the union and replace as needed.

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