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I am new to the hobby and have been taking my two children and my nephew to the local train club. Well last week they gave us a clean HO 2 x 4 foot module for the four of us to work on as our own. The kids decided they would like to have a tunnel with a mountain, which I didnt think was a bad idea considering the two modules to our left were winter scenes and there was no other tunnel on the whole layout . So this is what I had in mind and I wanted your feedback. I would make the mountain on a 2 ' by 2' piece of foam raised up by about seven inches ( 2 2x4's on top of each on each side) . Thus giving me plent of clearance for the train and giving easy access to the track. The mountain would be made out of plaster guaze, newspaper, and a couple of juice bottle in various sizes for the peaks. I picked up two random stone double track tunnel portals and was going to run a retaining wall the length of the module parrellel to the double track. Then elevated 7 inches to be at the same level as the mountain was going to be a small pond or river at the base of the mountain. Next to the water was to be a farm. Does ths sound doable for a beginner or do you think I'm getting ahead of myself. Thanks in advance.[:)] <br /> <br /> Orion
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