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This first photo shows the completed bridge from the previous article. You can also see the stone bridge abutments in place, but not yet painted.
Also I took some 1/4" (8 mm) foam sheeting and made a roof and some walls for the three train tunnels. These are glued
with ordinary white glue and held in place by Woodland Scenics T pins, also know as hat pins .The roof does not have to be very
strong, but it has to be strong enough to hold some crumpled newspaper, some plaster cloth, and some N scale scenery above.
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The two areas inside the figure 8 loops are filled in with a level floor. These are basically flat 1/2" (13 mm) foam sheets supported from below with some styrofoam blocks. It almost reminds me of Roman hypocaust - which is how the Romans made radiant heated flooring 2000 years before its arrival in the modern world. Notice also the various ramps that lead into town and into the factory zone. There are a couple of funky different levels, but they will contain various junk yards, houses, and trailers to support the factory.
Also note that I purchased a track cleaning car that the MP 15 is pulling across the bridge. This is an
Aztec Trains car, and it has three wheels for doing wet, dry, or abrasive cleaning. I am
going to run this thing until the rails disappear. It really helps clean the rails and keeps the locos running smoothly.
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On the left of the photo is the first Woodland Scenics "Town and Factory" building for the layout. It is "Kitt's Transfer" building, a nice 1950s looking brick building for handling some of the cargo from the nearby rail.
Also shown are two tiny yellow taxis from
Classic Metal Works. These cars help show the scale of the setup, and they help me get
the width of the road right. I love these cast metal cars. They are expensive, but they look realistic inside and out.
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On the mountain you can see a few cast stones jutting out. These are made from a latex rubber mold and some hydrocal (plaster
of Paris) material from Woodland Scenics also. In case you are wondering why so much Woodland Scenics, it is all included in the
one stop shopping"Scenic Ridge" kit.
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Other articles in the scale train series include:
Thanks for reading my articles. More train layout photos and articles will be posted in the near future.