Here are a few pics of some plaster cloth laying. Once the last layers dry, I'll paint it with something tan so the contours will show up. Can't see the bowed walkways and handrails on that TM now, can you? Ha ha.
That ravine looks like it would make for a nice fill and pipe culvert to get the water from one side to the other. We make culvert tubes out of heavy duty aluminum foil that has been pressed around a large bolt. The ridges are added by your fingernail sliding along the bolt screw valleys. Cheap & easy! Tony Burzio San Diego, CA
Thanks, this hobby so relaxing. Engineering classes are not! The hillside is a great escape from math.
Fluid Dynamics: You did a great job on that hillside, especially in hiding the mainline. Keep up the good work and study hard.... Stay cool and run steam....
Nice looking hills. What kind of bridge? As for the corrugated pipe, I have heard of using bolts and aluminum foil, but have not tried it. Also, I have heard of using those corrugated pipes so made for loads. Maybe even set them out in a construction yard. Any pictures, Tony?
I'm not sure on the bridge but I have to make up my mind soon. Either wood trestle, steel trestle, or concrete pier and steel plate. I'm leaning toward a steel trestle like the one over Stennar Creek just north of San Luis Obispo, Ca.
Jeff, Modelling is not just relaxing from studies but also from work and life in general, Don't you just love how even adding a little scenery can change the whole look of the layout? Wait until you add grown foam etc it's just so satisfying to see
Absolutely. Hey thanks for posting that pic of the bridge Derek. This layout is the watered down version of that mini cuesta pass plan I was dreaming of last year. The trees and ground cover will be so fun. Ah, southern California's hills just roll and flow. It takes about 30 cars to wrap a train completely around the curve.
I picked up some tan latex paint tonight after a grueling session of calculating second moments using integrals and centroids. Then I threw a couple coats of it on the hillside for some relaxation. Ignore the gloss, it wasn't a calculated effect.
Cool beans! If you wanna build a truely immense bridge, build the one that leaves Pasco, WA on the old NP, or the Gassman Coulee Trestle west of Minot, ND on the old GN. Here's the GN bridge:
That bridge looks great. I've been thinking of using that truss type. The only hangup I have is how to make the curved track support that sits on the trestles. I guess I could just use segments of styrene sheet between the truss piers.
I've got a couple of curved bridges on my layout (deck plates), and that's how I did it. I started w/ a .040 styrene deck that I cut to the curve that I wanted, and then attached the plates to that.
Hey Jeff, Great progress! Good luck on the bridge, I can tell it will turn out great. Two questions for you , what did you use to "shape" your foam and what did you cover your foam with? David
