Maps Maps Maps!

[joefryfry]

I drew a crude contour map when designing my scenery. I wish I had spent more time on it, though, as I think giving as much thought to scenery relief is just as important as paying attention to track plans.

If anyone wanted to do it, they could scale a USGS quad map, or any other contour map and cut out material to match the contours. Problem is, those are usually 20 foot contours. I have access to many railroads that we've mapped and I can plot to scale pretty big plots, bigger than a shelf layout. I think my biggest problem is choosing an area that I would like to model. The other problem is finding a material that is a thickness that I can match to a contour interval. I was thinking of poster board since it would be easy to cut, but I don't know how durable it would be after cutting. Still thinking about it.