10-08-2025, 12:12 PM
Based on the Main Street topography, I decided there wasn't much sense in building up off of my new structure with layers of 1/2 inch foam board - not much is going to be modeled in the first 4 inches off of the platform (maybe just some rocks, shrubbery and trees climbing up from the river bank), but I do need the base to be level to support the structures. I'd bought a 4x8 sheet of 2" foam board and lopped a small amount off to build my bridge abutments a few years ago, but I had most of the sheet left. I cut it into 13" strips and laid it in on top of some luan plywood. Base is set. I can always glue the foam board up and rough in the terrain with a hotwire foam cutter after I get a better idea of the areas I need for businesses and roads. Everything will (eventually) get the plaster cloth and Sculptamold treatment after roughing in the terrain.
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