10-01-2010, 07:49 PM
Well, I have commenced with the 4 track viaduct. I have glued 4 pieces of 2 inch foam together after cutting the arches on my band saw. I have to go to the hardware and get a surform file to true it up then I think I will put a light coat of Durabond over it then I will use the stone castings from my Linka building molds to face the entire structure.
I think I will do the rear and the underside of the arches before I permanently install it then I can do the face after it is in place. I think after the viaduct is done the rest of the scenery will just be time consuming but a piece of cake.
I went to the local limestone mine today and bought 1500 pounds of spec sand, which is limestone sand. I dried and screened about 100 pounds and I now have 18 quarts of ballast and a 5 gallon bucket of ho scale rip rap. Cheap Chucks cost for the ballast, $4.95 including tax, ( I could wind up with 285 quarts if I wanted to screen it all) and because it is only 5 miles from home the fuel wasn't bad either. Of course, my labor is free now I'm retired, but that's what the hobby is about isn't it. (Didn't someone start a thread about cheap materials?)
Charlie
I think I will do the rear and the underside of the arches before I permanently install it then I can do the face after it is in place. I think after the viaduct is done the rest of the scenery will just be time consuming but a piece of cake.
I went to the local limestone mine today and bought 1500 pounds of spec sand, which is limestone sand. I dried and screened about 100 pounds and I now have 18 quarts of ballast and a 5 gallon bucket of ho scale rip rap. Cheap Chucks cost for the ballast, $4.95 including tax, ( I could wind up with 285 quarts if I wanted to screen it all) and because it is only 5 miles from home the fuel wasn't bad either. Of course, my labor is free now I'm retired, but that's what the hobby is about isn't it. (Didn't someone start a thread about cheap materials?)
Charlie