Raised road bed

[sailormatlac]

Hi,

I'm actually ready to scenic a part of the club layout. The track is fixed on top of a embankment made of rock. This embankment is made of large rocks to stabilize it.

Here'S a few pictures of what I'm trying to do:




I wondering how to glue the rock in place. I already have prepared the rock themselves. Should I put glue on the slope and sprinkle the rock? Used glue just as we do with ballast? I'm at lost.

Matt

[jwb]

There's a long and interesting thread on another forum by an Australian modeling scenes in Maine, which is not too far south of your prototype. His approach has sometimes been hit-or-miss, but he does discuss a generally successful rip-rap project at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thewhistlepost.com/forums/ho-scale/11046-winter-new-england-mark-ii-4.html">http://www.thewhistlepost.com/forums/ho ... -ii-4.html</a><!-- m --> I would say for something like what you're doing, try what seems to work and stick with what works best! I've done a little rip-rap on my layout. I put up a basic scenic contour with cardboard web and plaster cloth, cover that with Sculptamold or Celluclay mixed with extra white glue, and then add layers of the pre-selected rocks, pushing the first layer into the Sculptamold while it's still soft, then adding more layers on top. Soak the finished layers with a good spray of wet water, then drizzle a lot of white glue over that, then spray with more water and wait overnight to see what you've got.

[sailormatlac]

Thanks for the link JWB,

The roadbed is already done in 2" styrofoam and plastered.

The idea to press rocks into a sculptamold layer isn't bad at all to start. Then add more rocks layers and debris...

I thought I could use some kind of acrylic medium used by painter used to create relief and cover it with the rocks.

EDIT: I once saw this layout somewhere on the web! I didn't know it was australian, he really did a nice job modelling scenes between two seasons.

Matt