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Is this all from scratch or did you use a pre-printed building? I'm thoroughly impressed Jake
I was wondering how I would make a spine to raise my track up a 3% grade. The track makes a 180 turn around the end of a peninsula, and needs to rise 3.5" to clear the lower track. The subroadbed is 3.5" extruded foam. Jake
I'm in the process of rebuilding my layout. I had used 2" extruded foam in the past for the scenery but, being a poor college student, I do not have the "funds" to use this method. For a little background, here is what I'm trying to do: My layout is set in postwar Appalachia, about 1950. Its a U shaped layout, with the narrowest section being 2 ft wide and the widest section 4ft. I want the scenery to tower over the structures and trains, so I resloved to make 27" tall
Thanks Darrell, that's kind of what I was thinking; cutting pieces of foam to fit the contours and then hot-glueing the cardboard strips to the foam. One more quick question. When I do get all of the lattice-work up, what do you reccomend I lay over the cardboard, i.e. paper towels, newspaper, etc Jake
I know some of us model water using Mod Podge. My question is, can this be tinted using acrylic paints? I would like to make murky water.
[quote user="Phoebe Vet"] The reason I put the newspaper in the plastic grocery bags is to protect them from the water in the plaster cloth. [/quote] using bags also helps to keep the millions of newspaper wads from going all over the basement
How common were corrugated steel buildings in the 1950's? Thanks, Jacob
Thanks stein, that actually makes much more sense to me now. Now that I am actually looking at my plan, I realize that I'd get bored with it once it was up and running.
Well, I know a lot of people post their layouts on here for critique, so I figured I'd add mine. A little about the plan first: It's set in a narrow valley in the Blue Ridge mountains around 1954. Almost all of the track along the long sides of the plan will hidden in tunnels, with the exception of a brief appearance over a high bridge along the river. In the top right corner, where the tracks cross, will be a 36" long, 7" high viaduct carrying the track over a valley. The top left
What about this?? One thing I have to clarify is that the plan is actually 12'x8'. On RTS, I accidentally counted one too few squares. Instead of the short staging track, extend it around both corners. This will make it possible to run a little bit longer trains, or stage two. It could also double as a passing track. The depot will be in town. I could for-go the roundhouse/turntable in favor for a lumber camp or sawmill. This area is actually 3'x2.5' and could provide some interesting
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