Update: Incline

I realize now that doing that incline by stacking foam and slopping the joint compound on was a horrible idea... For the rest of the incline I will take one piece of foam and attach at the low point and then attach at the high point giving me a nice smooth incline.

P.S. The main line is almost complete. Pics soon and I'm trying to get a hold of the Northstar train but I'm going to have to order the loco from the hobby shop because nobody has it in N Scale for some reason. A guy at my local hobby shot got one for himself and showed it to me, its awesome.

Update: Incline and track bed

OK, so I kind of winged it on the benchwork... And its still not done, I need to add some cross bracing to the legs to make it a little more sturdy.

I used a lot of wood from previous projects that I no longer had use for.












Its a mess... But its still in progress...






I decided that instead of covering the entire to with foam I would just raise up the areas that I want so I can add low spots in the future if I want. So with the foam I'm gluing it down with silicone and then patching up the cracks with joint compound. I might just use joint compound instead of plaster for the majority of things. It sticks very well to the foam.

Below is the incline, it should be about a 4% grade. It is made out of layers of foam and joint compound to smooth it out. It is going pretty well so far but it is taking a long time... I realize now this was a bad idea...

The turnout you can see here is where the track will run off the layout and to the desk I built.

I used joint compound and foam to create the rock edge. I'm planning of having ATSF, BNSF, maybe BN, but defanetly CP, SOO, and some Amtrak. And I really want the Santa Fe Elcapitan.







This passed by the house today... It was CP, SOO, SOO, and CP.

Benchwork Update

The benchwork is complete it is about 10'7" long and 4' deep. Will post some pics soon.