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Hello all: I finally got started on my MR after experimenting several months with my diorama. I guess I am really a maverick odd-ball because I have no plan and I use non-traditional materials and procedures. I concluded that track plans are constrained by available space and I wanted to run trains continuously, so I ended up with around the wall and two return loops. I just add sidings as suggested by available space.and sensibility. The entire benchwork is supported by shelf brackets because I hate legs. The subroadbed is OSB and the roadbed is 1/2" foam insulation board. I use polyurethane foam to glue both the foam and the track, although in some places, I have used latex caulk to glue the track down. In these places, i press size-graded kittylitter directly into the wet caulk as ballast. So all the track is glued to the foam roadbed. The polyureathane foam (Great Stuff, Home Depot) is phenomenal as a cement. Dries fast and won't come loose. After I lay track and ballast, I have been brush painting the whole thing with a grey latex, then wiping most off the ties with a rag. I then come back and weather the rails rust brown using a small watercolor brush. My interests are mainly in scenic effects and photography. The room is 16x16 and I am modeling West Texas SP in HO. You can see at:: http://www.railimages.com/gallery/Bryant-Mansfield
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