First ever garden railway project
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garrymartin
My Family,Railways, Beer and the Seaside
Nice work so far ! Dwarf conifers may be a better bet though (check the label for size after 10 years) they would also look better in the future 
Another update on the first platform I have done.
I found some cheap tiles in a sale and saw that someone had built a platform wall using these before so I thought I would give it a go.
I bought some adhesive tile filler stuff to build the wall first which didn`t go as well as I had hoped, however, I thought I would persevere with it the best I can. (I have never been great at tiling)
I put clamps on them to make sure it set well and strongly.
After giving it a wipe down I think it looks OK.
I built the mold for the 1st platform. The little bit of the side is for the bridge to the other platform (which I still need to make).
I again insert the copper pipe so that I can run cables through it for the electrics.
Then I push the inch square tiles into the top of the concrete to create paving slabs (this will be painted).
I found some cheap tiles in a sale and saw that someone had built a platform wall using these before so I thought I would give it a go.
I bought some adhesive tile filler stuff to build the wall first which didn`t go as well as I had hoped, however, I thought I would persevere with it the best I can. (I have never been great at tiling)
I put clamps on them to make sure it set well and strongly.
After giving it a wipe down I think it looks OK.
I built the mold for the 1st platform. The little bit of the side is for the bridge to the other platform (which I still need to make).
I again insert the copper pipe so that I can run cables through it for the electrics.
Then I push the inch square tiles into the top of the concrete to create paving slabs (this will be painted).
After the (limited) success I thought I would scrap the idea of using the tiles with adhesive and just bind then using concrete. Unfortunately I did not take photos of the progress but I will try and explain it.
I put the tiles on a bed of wet mortar and laid it inside a curved mold I made to get the shape (I had to cut in to the tile backing in order to curve it). I then in filled with concrete just slightly higher than the first bed of tiles. Then I pushed the next level of tiles into the mortar and so on (making sure they were off set to create the brick effect).
If anyone is thinking of making a wall with tiles I would highly recommend going down the concrete route as I found it so much easier (and cheaper).
Anyway here is a few pictures showing the results. Here is the platform finished in the mold.
Platform out of the mold.
Here is a closer picture of the brick work. Need to tidy up the edges mind you.
Question for you!!! Shall I paint the tiles one colour or should I leave them. I painted the other platform one colour but not sure if I like it.
I put the tiles on a bed of wet mortar and laid it inside a curved mold I made to get the shape (I had to cut in to the tile backing in order to curve it). I then in filled with concrete just slightly higher than the first bed of tiles. Then I pushed the next level of tiles into the mortar and so on (making sure they were off set to create the brick effect).
If anyone is thinking of making a wall with tiles I would highly recommend going down the concrete route as I found it so much easier (and cheaper).
Anyway here is a few pictures showing the results. Here is the platform finished in the mold.
Platform out of the mold.
Here is a closer picture of the brick work. Need to tidy up the edges mind you.
Question for you!!! Shall I paint the tiles one colour or should I leave them. I painted the other platform one colour but not sure if I like it.
