Got a little more work done over the past week or so, amazing how distracting selling off trains can be. Been focusing on the town area of the layout and thinking about how I want it to look given the space I have available. Added the wall in pink on the left and tore out the wall on the right.
Using my drill press and a couple of router bits I made the railings out of 3/4 inch foam insulation. The foam is covered with a thin layer of mortar mix and painted. I should really scratch the foam, since there is not much for the mix to grab on to - it chips and flakes off easily - OK on wood though.
Now with the top deck removed, more foam was laid down to provide walk ways for passengers. As much as I wanted the deck to be at subway door level, the curves just would not allow that to work. The outside curve is about 42 inches and the inside 31. (Next time the passenger station will have to be a straight section.) The back retaining wall is masonite with thin foam strips all coated with mortar mix. I'll go back and paint to better match a concrete color. Planning to add arched detail sections between the back columns and add spot lights to the columns to illuminate the passenger areas.
Top deck is back on with a coating of concrete paint color. Decided to add spheres to the top of the pillars for a bit of detail interest.
