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Foam sculpting help needed
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I wi***here was a nice clean answer to that question. The truth is that the solid foam, while having some very nice qualities, does not cut, form, sand, smooth, or dig very well. It's primary advantage is weight, or lack of it. I have been in this layout building task for about 40 years, some of the new products are very good at doing somethings, but not so good at others. It does make a good material to use under the track. It is light and easy to cut for that purpose. However, if you need ditches or other inground characteristics, the foam will have some not so desirable charcteristics. Such that, it does not like being dug out, as you must do to accomplish some of the desireable features we want on the layout. My only suggestion is try to foresee what needs to be done at the next step. As, in this case, cut the foam a bit narrower and put the ditches in the hardshell ground cover that needs to be done after the trackwork is mostly finished. It is possible to round the corner of the foam then use the ground cover to form the ditch. This will produce a better transition from the stone roadbed to the mostly dirt ditch. It will also be much cleaner and faster. I have never used much foam on the layouts I have built in the past. I can see a wider use for it on my next layout. <br />My advice is not to use the same material for so many different uses. By using different materials for various features we can better represent the many types of materials found in nature. I wi***his were a video presentation as it would be much easier to show with pictures what I tried to describe with words. <br />Any questions just let me know. I will do my best to answer.
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