No.26 Mind the Gap
A change of scenery, well a change from running trains. There has been a gap between the two baseboards ever since the layout was started and it was time to block up the opening: I wanted an arched retaining wall. Time and economy are important and I favour the use of card kits. In this instance I decided to make the wall using parts from the Metcalfe Two track Viaduct Kit (PO241). The first task was to form the arches. The picture above shows how parts of the internal viaduct supports from the kit were used to shape and form the internal arch walls. The underside of the arch ring being cut from the ‘brick’ paper provided with the kit. More by good luck, than by design, I found that the height between my platform and the underside of the upper baseboard was almost exactly the height of the top part of the arches from the kit. Time then for a dry run: Once I had established that everything was going to fi...