Canadian Rocky Mountains

[P5se Camelback]

As someone who started "playing with trains" back in the late '50's and progressed through the different stages of benchwork [4x8 sheet of plywood on saw horses, 1x4 grid w/plywood top and "cookie-cutter" grades, and now L-girders w/plywood/Homosote roadbed/sub-roadbed. Scenery started out using grass mat, then paper mache and chicken wire, plaster and paper towels over window screen or later, over a cardboard lattice grid and now, plaster impregnated wrap over crumpled newspaper held in place with masking tape.

I am just amazed at all the modelers using foam insulation these days! I'm temped to give it a shot in one small area of my new layout as a test ... maybe the "end of the branch" terminal town, which will have one (relatively) large area that is train terminal and small yard, and town, which will slope towards the terminal station, the way so many towns in Northeast Pennsylyvania are built going up the hillside from the railroad tracks, which of course are built along the local river.

I will be watching this thread (and others) for pointers and "inside" tips on technique!