My last layout was built using typical 70s techniques: L-girder structure, "cookie cutter" plywood subroadbed supported on risers from below, and terrain made of paper towels soaked in plaster.  I wanted to try some more modern techniques, so this micro layout is built entirely on Styrofoam.


A stack of Styrofoam                              Checking the clearance

 
A Tight Squeeze                                The big Ravine


Trestle Goes Here 

    
8/2/03 Right half and ravine covered with Woodland Scenics plaster cloth  8/8/03 Surface covered with Woodland Scenics Mold a Scene and celotex rock outcroppings

I have split this page to minimize the size.  Click the buttons below for 8/10/03 and later.

This page last updated 01/26/2008

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