Model Railroading > Layout progress plus layout diagram farther down

I posted the first photo back in April.
Second one is the cardboard form.
Third is a single layer of plaster cloth.
I am doing this layout for a relative.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/19 05:57 by santafedan.

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This is where I stopped today.  Trees and more details will come later as I progress around the layout.

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Nice work!

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Go big red!

Looking good!

looks excellent! 

always nice to see the progress shots, and the big hillside has a cool aesthetic

Does thye upper line dead end behind the hill, or continue through the wall/backdrop?

I'd use a somewhat faded paint on the wall to give the impression of a bit of distance, forced perspective.  It's a technique I want to try as well when get the next layout going.

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> I'd use a somewhat faded paint on the wall to give
> the impression of a bit of distance, forced
> perspective.  It's a technique I want to try as
> well when get the next layout going.
I wanted them to look closer this time.

Here is an approximate plan for the layout.  HO scale.  There will be staging/storage to the lower right beyond the round house.

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Nice track plan - looks like the scale is 1 foot per square.

I also drew my track plan old school - pencil and paper on graph paper to see what I could fit in a somewhat smaller space.  Photo 1

Here is the basement when we purchased the home.  Photo 2

Before layout construction can begin, need to finsh the ceiling and floor - drywall is now in, taped, mudded, sanded and painted.  I used a similar shade of sky blue - Valspar Clear Blue Sky.  Drop ceiling perimeter rails are all in now and plan to work on the runners this weekend.  Photo 3

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/19 07:07 by SPDRGWfan.

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Waiting to see your progress as you move along.
I like the plan and it looks like good senery prospects.
SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> Nice track plan - looks like the scale is 1 foot
> per square.
>
> I also drew my track plan old school - pencil and
> paper on graph paper to see what I could fit in a
> somewhat smaller space.  Photo 1
>
> Here is the basement when we purchased the home. 
> Photo 2
>
> Before layout construction can begin, need to
> finsh the ceiling and floor - drywall is now in,
> taped, mudded, sanded and painted.  I used a
> similar shade of sky blue - Valspar Clear Blue
> Sky.  Drop ceiling perimeter rails are all in now
> and plan to work on the runners this weekend. 
> Photo 3
>
>  

Dan, it looks like your benchwork construction is pretty similar to mine.  (photo 1)  Last layout torn down summer of 2017 when scenery had just gotten started (photo 3).  Went a little nuts with the cardboard (photo 2)

 

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Here is a close up photo of the lattice of cardboard.  I use screws to attach some of the webs for better grip in places.  I use a glue gun at all of the joints held with small clamps while setting up.  Where joints are more in mid-air I also use screws to make the joint stiffer.  I know it is probably overkill. But it stays put.  Remember, I just use single sheets of plaster cloth with very little overlap.  About one to one and a half overlap.  Screws are less costly than plaster cloth.

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Nothing wrong with overkill!  I put way too much cardboard on, but I decided to try to create fairly specific landforms with the cardboard - sort of like raster scanning from right to left or visa versa.

I used scrap wood to create support structures along the top back and underneath as where needed.  Under the curved corner section, there are actually 3 crescent shaped pieces of scrap wood hot glued horizontally on wooden arms and then the strips were bent and attached in a step-wise fashion.  I was going for desert cliffs with resistant rock layers on the ridges with softer layers in between which had eroded into slopes in-between.

It seemed to work pretty well so I plan on using similar techniques on the planned layout.

 

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You use what works for the situation.
I look forward to seeing the results.