I always wanted to make use of Slaters embossed stone and you may recall I built this bridge recently....
While it is great stuff, the bridge reminded me too much of the stonework on the Lancs~Yorks. I had thought of re-cladding it with Wills Random Stone, but I may as well have started from scratch. So it seemed to me the answer was to reduce the long retaining wall and replace it with a more 'countryside-looking' grassy embankment....
I did this by heating the wall over a gas flame and bending the wall around a jam jar. This done, it was a simple matter of cutting it to embankment profile and using the off-cuts to finish the job off. No repainting was necessary apart from a touch of weathering to capture water run-off....
The bridge has to leave clearance for buffer stops at the end of a siding. The bridge was quickly stuffed into the hole for this photo so its a bit cock-eyed...