Shady Creek Model Railroad

First, I had to do a little demolition.  I removed the section between the depot and the road crossing.  This was originally constructed using Sculptamold with a ground foam cover.  I removed the paper top off the parking lot and depot foundation.  I originally glued white paper to the cardboard and painted that a concrete color.  That always proved to be troublesome.  I decided try a different technique this time.

I built up the engine house foundation and parking lot out of layers of the same cardboard I used to build the mountain ridge.  I constructed a one lane road to connect the parking lot to the original road.  This road breaks where the modules join.

I added two sidewalks on either side of where the depot will sit.  I also added a sidewalk leading from the backdoor of the depot to the engine house parking lot.  I painted all the surfaces that I wanted to be concrete white.

I then painted the surfaces a transparent light gray color.  I followed that with a transparent concrete color.  After that dried, I scribed in concrete seam marks using a pick.  I dirtied the concrete by first rubbing a paper towel against a black pastel chalk and then rubbing the paper towel on the concrete surfaces.  Next, I will need to fill in the remaining areas with Sculptamold.