Mountain

full maxx · April 04, 2010, 02:55:41 PM

well here's a little start not much but a work in progress...tell me what you think

ta152h0 · April 04, 2010, 03:29:57 PM

you are well 0n the way of building yourself a big garage like building,someday. It will grow on you. DCC

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full maxx · April 04, 2010, 04:12:45 PM

yeah we have 3 steam, an Acella Express, and 2 diesel engines so yeah its dcc , that was not around during my childhood so it makes having more than one engine a lot more fun, however parking is getting to be a problem but I hope to add a spur for parking engines and freight cars

jonathan · April 04, 2010, 08:52:01 PM

FM,

Mountain coming along nicely. Are you planning to cut the foam board corner. If you trim it down, it will give your mountain the illusion of more height. Just an opinion...

Good work!

Jonathan

full maxx · April 04, 2010, 11:58:36 PM

not really sure what I'm gonna do as it still looks the same as when the pic were taken...just wanted to see what it looked like...its my first one

full maxx · April 05, 2010, 01:27:32 AM

Quote from: jonathan on April 04, 2010, 08:52:01 PM
FM,

Mountain coming along nicely. Are you planning to cut the foam board corner. If you trim it down, it will give your mountain the illusion of more height. Just an opinion...

Good work!

Jonathan

do you mean the corners where the rails exit the tunnel or the corners away from the openings

jonathan · April 05, 2010, 10:31:37 AM

Corners away from the openings. To me, that looks like the end of your benchwork.

Regards,

Jonathan

CNE Runner · April 05, 2010, 10:32:45 AM

Maxx - It looks like you are on the way to a great layout. The mountain/hill looks great. There is a good instructional series of videos on YouTube regarding the construction of scenery with extruded foam (a lot less messy than other methods). The first video is located at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1D4KBB_GC4

Keep up the good work and please keep us informed of your progress.

Regards,
Ray

PS: 'Had to modify this post as I see you are already using extruded foam...pay attention to detail Ray...