When my friend and noted Model Railroader contributor (see the December 2011 issue) Mike Danneman sent me a railroad photo he
captured along the Thompson River in British Columbia, I immediately
knew it was something I wanted to model on my layout. Trouble was, I had no
idea how to build the craggy rock formation.
Foam has long been my friend when it comes to building other
massive rock wall formations, but the defined vertical orientation didn’t seem
to fit my typical technique of laminating 2-inch-thick insulation
board in a vertical arrangement.
After putting some thought to the matter, I stumbled upon
the idea of working with Woodland Scenics no. ST1419 foam profile boards.
These tongue and groove boards are intend to be situated horizontally, but when
turned on end they sure seem to match the rock strata I wanted. To achieve the
appearance of depth in a shallow space against the hardboard backdrop, I used
carpenter’s wood glue to assemble varying layers of profile boards with ½–inch
and 2-inch foam board. After roughing in the formations, I applied Woodland Scenics no. ST1447 foam putty in copious amounts!
I won’t complete all of my canyon scenery using this method,
but here the pre-fab grooves sure saved me a ton of time.
2 comments:
Looking great Kent! I have some of my pictures on this link. Let me know if you want me to send you more. I have several more from the Thompson, not to mention the majority of BC and Alberta.
http://signallightproductions.blogspot.com/2012/01/thompson-river.html
This one really asks for what we call effort and Passion! Model Trains are really worth loving for.
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