new project

[e-paw]

As part of the hillside in Easton. There is a tunnel portal for the Bangor and Easton electric Railway. It's prototype was a trolley line in north east PA that to the best of my knowledge, had no freight interchange and was out of business by the mid 50's. So I felt that the Anna lines should be It's parent railroad and give it the duty of forwarding freight between the CNJ in Easton and the SH&D at Bath Junction (the other side of the tunnel).
I wanted to add the companies initials to the keystone of the portal witch is a poured plaster cast from Wood Land scenics. This proved to be quite difficult to pull off.


I first tried dry transfers applied to the casting to use as a stencil, but the act of rubbing them on scratched and chipped the keystone. After repairing it with plaster and sanding it smooth I just drew it out by hand.


I scribed over the pencil lines with a sharp #11 blade and painted the portal with washes of craft paints; Burnt Sienna, raw Umber, and all those other Bob Ross collars. Scribing those letters was no easy task. the plaster tended to chip and crack . After a few tries I felt that this would have to do. Although not as need as I would have liked, he portal is in the background and will be partially blocked by buildings. so this detail will not be in the forefront


For now I just placed the finished portal in it's rough location for the pic so you get a feel for the scene.