It's a little premature, but I thought I'd show the roof/ceiling prototype that I've been working on for the platform area. Most of the time has been spent trying to design something that I could live with. The actual construction of the prototype took me two nights to complete. The roof is suppose to resemble a glass ceiling to allow natural light onto the platforms. This design makes it simple to build the structure and it allows people to see through the roof structure where the passenger trains are parked in the station. I might include additional cross sectional support beams connected to the main longitudinal tubular beam that runs along the entire length of the platform. Seeing it now, the prototype needs a bit more architectural detail.
It took me quite a bit of time to come up with a method to assemble and dismantle the structure. As you can see in the first photograph, I glued a small diameter, short tube on the posts. This is going to act as an insert that slides into the main tubular beam to hold up the roof structure. This makes it easy to put together and take apart. I'm quite proud of the design. I'm uncertain about the look and feel of the roof structure though. I need to build a few more sections to see how they look interconnected. I'm happy I was able to introduce some curvilinear lines in my station/platform module. My biggest fear is that this current design might look like "Buck Roger's in the 25th century".
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