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cheaper than a shoe string budget
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Well, this idea probably won't be for everybody. In fact, it probably isn't for anybody but I'll tell it anyway. It combines the idea of thriftyness with the thread on forced vertical perspective. It came to me last evening as I was ripping white polyester fiber from an old pillow into tree-sized puffs to cover with ground foam in an attempt to model the 6 million acre Adirondack Park. <br /> <br />As the white puffs filled the bottom of the tray, they took on the look of clouds when viewed from above as when in a plane. My thought was to stretch some chicken wire across much of the train room a foot or two higher than the small diorama that represents the start of the layout. Covering the wire with the white polyester puffs would do a fine job of cloud modeling, with a break in the clouds strategically placed above the finished diorama. <br /> <br />One could completely cover a huge unbuilt "layout" with cumulus scenery for next to nothing. An old pillow is probably hiding in the corner of closet and the chicken wire probably is collapsed on that garden you've been neglecting since you've discovered model railroading. As your ground-level scenery expands, simply let the sun shine in as required. <br /> <br />Serious? Well, it is "cheaper than a shoe string budget." [:D] <br /> <br />Wayne <br />
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