92 Model Railway Build for Beginners, Starting the Station, Retaining Walls and Platforms

Model Railway Build for Beginners Starting the Station, Retaining Walls and Platform Using Scalecast products .
This is the start of the station build for the layout, first platform with a retaining wall. This is the first video in this series of this build on this part of the model railway layout.
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[@greenslider]

Looking grand. Great clip

[@DonegalDadRail]

Thank you Xmg12

[@HemelDownModelRailway]

That’s going to look great can’t wait to see the next one 🙂👍🏻

[@DonegalDadRail]

Thank you Mark

[@crosswayspointjunctionrailway]

You’re doing some very fine work there Mark looking good 👍

[@DonegalDadRail]

Thanks Bernie

[@charlie1872]

Watching now Mark. Nice retaining wall, I would be very apprehensive about moving it just in case🤣

[@DonegalDadRail]

Its actually quite heavy, some care needed when moving. 😂

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Nice video Mark. Your making a great start their on the station. I'm sure it will be a master piece once finished. - Nicholas.

[@DonegalDadRail]

Thanks Nicholas

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

That was no easy task and a very tricky maneuver to get it in place! Nice work, Mark! Best wishes!

[@DonegalDadRail]

Thanks Anthony, on with the painting now.

[@treinenliefde]

Looking good! Never seen a retaining wall on a platform like that but then again Im Dutch so retaining walls are a rarity anyway haha.

[@DonegalDadRail]

Thank you, you do see it in a few stations

[@Flymochairman1]

Thanks for the early view Mark. It's going to look the part, right enough. Good to include the bubbles in the walls to create a different weathered surface. The castings came out well though. I like the cling-film idea for protecting the surfaces from any glue, or paint even! Looking grand, Mark. Keep Well and Keep Warm. All the best!

[@DonegalDadRail]

Thank you Flymo, lots still to do.

[@marcdempsey5850]

The wall and platform look fantastic, takes me back to my first model layout back in the late 80s early 90s where I used links to make the builds. Such a great thing at that time. So good to see something same still being used to great effect. Looking forward to next video and seeing the next stage. Thank you again for this video, all best Marc

[@DonegalDadRail]

Thanks Marc, the painting has started lots to do.

[@kevinlea9518]

Hi Mark, enjoying all of your videos. I wanted to place retaining walls on an incline and wondered if it’s possible to cut the casts to make the wall smaller as the incline reduces in height?

[@DonegalDadRail]

Yes you can, simply score with a knife where you want to cut and snap it. Usually will give a nice clean cut. Do a practice piece first.

[@kevinlea9518]

@@DonegalDadRail Thanks Mark, I’ll let you know how I get on 👍🏻

[@wimbletrain]

Hi, not sure if I missed it, but what type of glue to you use to stick the castings together? John

[@DonegalDadRail]

Just normal PVA glue, leave it for about 24 hrs. It normally glues pretty solid.