More work on the river banks and Abutments

After getting the banks carved, I painted them with a multi green filter before adding vegetation. This will help hide the earth color.

One thing I didn't do when I made the abutments and piers, I forgot to add a lip around the three walls of the abutments.  I was reminded of doing this by a friend who said they looked odd being solid concrete and the rails laying on top of the concrete.  I had always planned to add sleeper ties under the rails but forgot about the lips.

So I found some strip styrene that looked about right and glued it on the three edges of each abutment.  This will give the illusion that the three walls were poured independently and not a solid mass of concrete.

Once dry I took a hobby knife and carved the tops to match any crumbling edges that I had carved into the MDF abutments previously.  Then painted and weathered them to match.

 Next I glued the sleeper ties in place and added ballast.

The ballast look awfully bright, but I'll take care of that with Pan Pastels later.