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Model Railroading > N gauge slopesDate: 04/14/15 09:33 N gauge slopes Author: leonz Good Morning fellow board members, please forgive
the use of larger type as it is easier for me to use. I have decided to use foam board to build my N scale layout and creating the slopes to the mountain towns/flat sections for the double trackswitchbacks and thier beavertail tracks that I will be modeling and using for the modern/post 1980 mountain crossings. Which foam board is best? . Is it better to use narrow foam boards to create a double track scenario like this assuming a wide right of way on the slope path building the mountain as I go upward? I purchased CADRAIL and I am not happy with it as it is so hard to use (at least for me anyway). ( I know its the preverbial question of "How Do I get to Carnegie Hall?? Practice, Practice, Practice!!!!" Being a pencil and paper draftsman is much simpler as I could simply lay tracing paper over the enlarged USGS maps of the area I want to use altering the terrain on paper for a full size layout drawing . I can scan the the enlarged maps using my wifes handheld document scanner and use them on cadrail I just have to spend many hours reading thier e-manual. I wish i could buy a paper back copy of their manual to use. Thanks Much. Date: 04/14/15 16:24 Re: N gauge slopes Author: RyanWilkerson Are you asking about what kind of foam to use? If so, I believe the term used for the preferred type is "extruded polystyrene". There are different brand names like Formular, SquareEdge and others. I use the 2" and 3" thick stuff when I can find it for a good deal.
Ryan Wilkerson Fair Oaks, CA |