03-14-2018, 12:07 AM
I was recently ballasting some track on the upper level of my layout, and noticed that the platforms of my Walthers train station....
![[Image: freight%20cars....%20004.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20views%20-%20upper%20level/freight%20cars....%20004.jpg)
![[Image: freight%20cars....%20003.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20views%20-%20upper%20level/freight%20cars....%20003.jpg)
...were curling up at both ends...
![[Image: 100_7152.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/STRUCTURES%20%20PART%20II/100_7152.jpg)
Because I have a lot of structures and scenery stuff to add behind the station, I didn't really want to glue it in place. Instead, I decided to use screws, and had some small brass ones on hand. The head just fit into some brass tubing, also on-hand, so I cut a couple of scale 3' lengths off the tubing, then soldered the screw heads into the tubing...
![[Image: 100_7153.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/STRUCTURES%20%20PART%20II/100_7153.jpg)
After using a pin vise to drill clearance holes in the platform, I used a smaller bit to create starter holes for the screws into the Masonite beneath the platform...
![[Image: 100_7154.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/STRUCTURES%20%20PART%20II/100_7154.jpg)
The resulting trash pails still need to be painted, but do a good job of holding down the platforms while not looking out-of-place....
![[Image: 100_7155.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/STRUCTURES%20%20PART%20II/100_7155.jpg)
Wayne
![[Image: freight%20cars....%20004.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20views%20-%20upper%20level/freight%20cars....%20004.jpg)
![[Image: freight%20cars....%20003.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20views%20-%20upper%20level/freight%20cars....%20003.jpg)
...were curling up at both ends...
![[Image: 100_7152.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/STRUCTURES%20%20PART%20II/100_7152.jpg)
Because I have a lot of structures and scenery stuff to add behind the station, I didn't really want to glue it in place. Instead, I decided to use screws, and had some small brass ones on hand. The head just fit into some brass tubing, also on-hand, so I cut a couple of scale 3' lengths off the tubing, then soldered the screw heads into the tubing...
![[Image: 100_7153.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/STRUCTURES%20%20PART%20II/100_7153.jpg)
After using a pin vise to drill clearance holes in the platform, I used a smaller bit to create starter holes for the screws into the Masonite beneath the platform...
![[Image: 100_7154.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/STRUCTURES%20%20PART%20II/100_7154.jpg)
The resulting trash pails still need to be painted, but do a good job of holding down the platforms while not looking out-of-place....
![[Image: 100_7155.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/STRUCTURES%20%20PART%20II/100_7155.jpg)
Wayne