After suggestions from yesterday, I set about making a few amendments to the station area. The first job was to fit a floor to the waiting shelter. More lollipop sticks were used here, simply chopped into 2mm widths, and then chopped carefully on the thin edge to split it into two.
The next idea that was suggested was the construction of a couple worn steps for access to the shelter (more on this in a second). I rummaged around in the box of lollipop sticks and sure enough I found one bent one - perfect! I trimmed it to size (making sure the bend was in the middle), sanded the edges. Particular care was taken to take more material off the middle front of the step to simulate years of footsteps wearing away the edge. I think it worked rather nicely!
Put all that together and here we have our local guide Mr Remington inspecting the hole in the roof that he made after accidentally pulling the trigger... still, at least he has a floor to stand on, and steps to use. Ah yes, the reason for the steps...
The platform has now been lowered to half the height it was last night as per the other suggestion. It looks much better now, and the added bonus of the steps gives it a really nice focal point not often modelled. Should look great with sand spilling out the bottom of the steps onto the platform!
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