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My freelance ho scale layout I am building - lears2005 - 06-04-2011 Hello guys I decided to start a blog of the new layout I will be building. I got half the bench work done today still have the other half the room to go here is a pic of what has been done so far thanks hope to here you guys coments. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - train_guy - 12-23-2011 What size is your room?,and do you have a track plan yet? Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - lears2005 - 12-23-2011 I will post some pic tommrow. No I dont have a track plane just swinging it as I go along I will have to tell you the size of the room tommrow I forgot I masered it when we first moved in to this house but forgot to write it down. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - faraway - 12-24-2011 The space and the woodwork look promising. Do you plan to have a layer of blue foam on top for easy trenches etc.? Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - train_guy - 12-24-2011 faraway Wrote:The space and the woodwork look promising. Do you plan to have a layer of blue foam on top for easy trenches etc.?Is the blue foam easier to contour,then say the pink foam?I'm glad you mentioned that,cause when i start building,i'd like to know which is more suitable.I'm a fan of Pelle K Soeborg's scenery techniques,and he uses alot of foam on his layout.His techniques are second to none. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - faraway - 12-24-2011 train_guy Wrote:...Is the blue foam easier to contour,then say the pink foam?...Sorry, I don't know. Both kind of foam are not very much used here in Germany (but I wish had used them). I used "blue foam" as a generic expression for that kind of foam used in the US for layouts. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - Tyson Rayles - 12-24-2011 I use blue and pink both depending on what they have in stock and can't tell any difference between them, they are both excellent. I would stay away from the white however as it is beaded and not dense enough. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - shortliner - 12-24-2011 Believe the "pink foam" and the "blue foam" are exactly the same thing, but made by two different companies, one by Corning and the other by Dow <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cincy-div7.org/foam-scenery-construction.pdf">http://www.cincy-div7.org/foam-scenery-construction.pdf</a><!-- m --> - the one not to use is the white "Polystyrene Bead foam" that crumbles and gets little staticy bits everywhere, and that melts on contact with any petroleum-based glue Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - FCIN - 12-24-2011 The color of the foam indicates who manufactures it. Dow = Blue; Owens-Corning = Pink and around here Lowe's has started coming out with it's own brand that is a light green color. But it's all the same. One thing, I've only purchased the Dow brand locally and it all has a clear plastic film applied to both sides which I peel off before using it. Don't know if Owens-Corning or the Lowes brand has this film on it. As Mike mentioned - stay away from the beaded white foam. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - train_guy - 12-24-2011 lears2005 Wrote:I will post some pic tommrow. No I dont have a track plane just swinging it as I go along I will have to tell you the size of the room tommrow I forgot I masered it when we first moved in to this house but forgot to write it down.What type of layout are you going for?Switching layout?,Industrial,what are your ideas? The reason i ask is because i remember my previous train layouts were some-what dissapointing for me,cause i didn't have any track plans either.I ended up losing interest in what i had built and soon became dissatisfied and eventually disasembled the layout and threw it all away and sold off what i had left:oops: I became bitter toward myself and the Hobby and walked away from it.I still think about all the money i spent,and the time i put into building the layout,it still haunts me,but i look at it this way,ya live and learn from expierences like that. I hope i'm not coming accross to strong,I just want to convey the importance of having some kind of track plan. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - train_guy - 12-24-2011 Thanks for the tip on the foam,I was online last night on the Lowe's website and was looking at the "white" foam insulation,of coarse i always go for the least expensive stuff first,but now that i have your input,now i know to stay away from the white foam.I never would have known that and end up buying 8 sheets of 4x8 that would have been useless to me...Thanks guys! Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - lears2005 - 12-24-2011 No I am not going to be using foam I will just cut out what I need to. As far as a track plane goes I am not one for putting things on paper I have what I want in my head. If that makes any sence. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - lears2005 - 12-24-2011 It is going to be a swiching layout with lots of industres and I think I migt even do some street running. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - train_guy - 12-24-2011 Check out this plan. Re: My freelance ho scale layout I am building - lears2005 - 12-24-2011 Thats a very nice track plan almost what I am looking for. But my only problem I I do not know how to fallow one Ido not know how wide and how long to make the layout. But I will look at it more and see what I can come up with thanks for your help. |