Castle Mound Part 5

 I screwed and glued the road up over the railway to the castle mound. 1st piece of foam cut back to expose the road, just a start, a lot of forming still to go to create the desired castle mound, I don't want to cut away too much to start with, I really don't want to have to glue bits back on.

Road ramp glued and screwed onto the baseboard with tunnel portal in place

Castle mound in place but needs a lot of work still

1st piece of foam cut back to expose the road, just a start, a lot of forming still to go to create the desired castle mound, I don't want to cut away too much to start with, I really don't want to have to glue bits back on. 🏰

Keith

Castle Mound Part 4

 Drilling, gluing and screwing today. I have made the section of road that will go behind the tunnel portal and the ramp up to it, all drilled, glued and screwed together, leaving overnight for the glue to set. All made from spare pieces from the baseboards that I have not used, I think it is called recycling.

Section of road behind the tunnel portal with legs attached underneath

Section of road behind the tunnel portal on its legs

The 2 sections of the ramp joined together

The single leg attached to the ramp

The ramp on its new leg

Both pieces in situ where they will be fixed

Keith

Castle Mound Part 3

Beginnings of creating the road that goes up to the castle mound car park and beyond using leftover pieces from the bracing pieces for the baseboards that I have not used.

Keith

Castle Mound Part 2

 Yesterday evening and this morning I have been playing with the castle ruins recovered from my old layout. I initially thought to copy the original setting I had on the old layout (1st photo) but was not happy with it, it just didn't look right. Eventually today I came up with a setting I was happy with. I know it is all crammed into the right-hand corner, but there is a reason for this as I want to construct a car park on the left-hand side, along with some other small buildings such as toilets, café, picnic area, Bob's Hot Dogs trailer, etc.

Original castle ruins on the old layout

Final option I am satisfied with

Drone view

Corner view

Road access up to the car park etc.

4 upright sections of foam glued to the top surfaces using handy weights!

Keith

End Wall of the Terrace

 Having had a shuffle around of the various half-relief buildings with the hairdressers now adjacent to the Post Office it sits behind the front of the Post Office which has exposed the non-stone wall on the end. I have added new stonework on the end and a new bargeboard.

The exposed end wall

New stonework and bargeboard added

Stonework and bargeboard primered

Stonework and bargeboard painted, downpipe repainted

Keith

Rebuilt Bank

I have a cunning plan for my half relief bank, it is hard to explain but will become evident when it is completed. I have purchased a 2nd half-relief bank which arrived today. I cut parts of the new bank away, then glued them back to back to create a partial half-relief at the right-hand end and a full building on the left-hand. It will hopefully create an optical illusion.

The 2 half-relief banks

I cut away a section of the ground floor and glued the two halves together

The righthand side of the bank where trains will pass underneath

The full lefthand side

The complete roof

I removed the sign from the back and added it to the front and applied the Lloyds signs

Card wall added to ground floor so trains cannot be seen through the windows

But a full view through the windows on the 1st floor is still maintained

Adjoining buildings in place

The right-hand half-relief buildings

The left-hand full building

Keith.