Thank you, Andy, Jay, George!!
I painted under the eaves yesterday. I was looking at what to use for the base. The kit just has 1/4 x 1/4 stripwood and some stone embossed plastic sheet material to cut to size. I want a solid base to act as a floor and stabilize the building better when lifting it.
In the meantime, I started fitting some 2 x 1 poplar for brackets to hold the scenery base for the whole station scene. I also printed some of the photographs I got from the Internet of the station. I have a couple that show the walkway with the railing Bob pointed out. One from 1907 shows a wooden railing, and one of a later date shows a metal railing. Also, I might note that the station was heavily damaged by a tornado in 1941. The model is of the rebuilt, post 1941 station. Prior to that, there was an awning around the 2-story part of the station. Even more noticeable, is that the end of the 1-story part had a rounded wall and roof that forms a semicircle that really looked neat. Since all my trains and vehicles fit into a 1950s steam-diesel transition period, the model is correct for the era. I had posted these photographs in this thread at the time I was researching the concept of the layout. However, when the OGR administrators pointed out we shouldn't be posting published photographs that aren't our own, I purged those photographs from the thread. I'm going to do a little more research and see if I can come up with some links to post.
