How I Made Spanish Steps For Our Train Layout

 

    How I Made Spanish Steps For Our Train Layout

The people in Glennanburg enjoy going up and down 160 steps in this mountain, they are very fit. The steps lead up to the town wall and up again to the wine festival area, there is another set of steps leading up to the war memorial, another set leads up to the farms, and yet another set of step leading down to the underground train station.

        This is a photo of the set of steps that lead up to the Aussie             farms.

Our train layout is very much influenced by our trips to and wonderful memories of Europe, England and some of our favorite places in Australia.

Our steps are a reminder of the Spanish Steps in Rome. Although, our steps are not as wide as theirs. Theirs have 135 steps. Our first set of steps leading up to the town wall and the wine festival have 135 steps.

For creating our steps I used some 3mm foam board. It has card board on both the top and the bottom of the foam. I used this because I wanted a something with a little more strength in it to with stand the years of fun.

I cut the foam into 1cm strips, with a sharp craft knife. I really only needed 3 strips for this job. I then cut the 1cm strips into 1cm squares.

Once they were all cut, I then glued them all together using a hot glue gun. Leaving approximately 3mm sticking out from the next 1cm square. Then just continued to glue them together in this manner and kept on placing the steps in the area they were getting made for until I had the right size. I also had to make them on a curve to match in with the curve in the rock wall.

This is a photo of the set is showing the original 3 platforms.

The next level of steps when I was putting the Paper Mache on this level I put the platforms in and then put the Paper Mache around those areas keeping in mind where the steps had to go. I did originally have 3 platforms in but that didn’t work out for the steps so I put the Paper Mache over one of them.

For all the steps I followed the same method that I had already used to just glue them together and keep on checking if they were heading in the right direction and the right sizing.

When I painted the train layout I also painted the steps. Starting with the dark grey and then dry brushing them with a white to highlight them and to make them look aged and worn down. I also painted some moss green on them to age them a bit and to make some of the edges look like they had some moss.

This photo shows the painted steps and the fencing that is in front of the town wall.

I still have to put the fencing and hand rails on them. The residence have put a complaint into the Glennanburg Council and the town Mayor. They say that it is dangerous to have such a large set of steps without a hand rail. They are saying that it is a OH&S issue. LOL.

 I do have some fencing in front of the town wall. This fencing will continue down the steps. There are also hand rails in the stair wells leading down to the underground station, these hand rails are painted gold. All the other fencing is going to be mostly black because it is a Tudor village but there are some white ones.

I do hope you found this helpful. If you have any questions please feel free to leave them in the comments below.

May our Abba Father, bless you all abundantly, in your train adventures. In Jesus name I pray. Hallelujah and Amen.