07-16-2009, 04:24 PM
Here you can see the roadbed cut from the fiberboard, along with some initial foam cutting to begin below grade shaping. The corner of the layout in the right side of the picture will be the location of the passenger station, with the brick arch over the road leading to said station. On the otherside of the tracks (as yet uncarved) the road will cross over the river and head into the low-rent district near the AT&D factory.
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The close-up shows the turnout placement for that side of the layout. The one leading off the main is a standard #6L while the one heading back to the factory spur will be a custom curve, approximately a 19" radius inner and a larger radius outer curve. The factory diorama is resting on foam risers - the land forms around it will actually be higher, not as shown. I haven't fit the foam around it yet.
Once basic below-grade landforms are in, I can liquid-nail down the roadbed and begin laying track!
Galen
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[albumimg]1149[/albumimg]
The close-up shows the turnout placement for that side of the layout. The one leading off the main is a standard #6L while the one heading back to the factory spur will be a custom curve, approximately a 19" radius inner and a larger radius outer curve. The factory diorama is resting on foam risers - the land forms around it will actually be higher, not as shown. I haven't fit the foam around it yet.
Once basic below-grade landforms are in, I can liquid-nail down the roadbed and begin laying track!
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!