Fiddling with layout ideas

[sailormatlac]

Wow! Those are great mock-ups! How big are they and what did you use to make them?

I'm a big fan of steam, and simple rural single track. I think I like the one with the wye best, but the one with the turntable is pretty sweet too.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew! It seems we've got the same dilemna! I remember seeing a very nice article in MRH about a guy modeling great steam era rural community. It was truly inspiring. I can't remember the issue though.

They are at 1" = 1' scale which make them large enough to play with them and easy to scale down. I used 1/8 inch thick carboard, cheap acrylic paints, ground foam for trees and styrofoam for landforms and buildings. Tracks are Tamiya masking tape cut in 3mm stripes which is roughly the roadbed width. Tracks are drawn with a black Sharpie pen.

It took about 90 minutes to build each mock-ups. The wye took about 30 minutes. Really fun to build and at least, it's still modelling.

Matt