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More holes filled409 viewsAnother hole in the layout has been filled. This rockface hides the expanding foam used to fill the gap above the hidden track
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How its made 1: The foam407 viewsfirstly, expanding foam is squirted on and cut to an approximate mountain shape.
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Baseboard207 viewsThe Baseboard glued together. A layer of foam (roof tile) - to carve into the scenery - glued to a balsa wood slab (to make it light).
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The First Peice of Track210 viewsI managed to aquire a pair of New Code 55 slip switches for £30, which has saved me quite a bit on the £54 it would cost from a store.
Here we see the Double Slip in position. There will have to be a track bed as the foam is not carved flate enough - hence why some has been carved out here. Holes have also been made for point motors.
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Some Foam236 viewsA block of polystyrene to carve into a mountain.
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Expanding Foam187 viewsI got some expanding foam and have been using it to glue foam parts together, fill in holes, and build up the rear yard. Here is the adaptions to the lower mine area.
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Start of a mountain337 viewsThe polystyrene has been glued onto the baseboard.
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Expanding Foam185 viewsI got some expanding foam and have been using it to glue foam parts together, fill in holes, and build up the rear yard. Here is the adaptions to the upper mine area.
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Expanding Foam187 viewsI got some expanding foam and have been using it to glue foam parts together, fill in holes, and build up the rear yard. Here is the adaptions to the rear yard area. The nail markers here will be removed once the foam has set and has been cut to shape.
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Expanding Foam186 viewsI got some expanding foam and have been using it to glue foam parts together, fill in holes, and build up the rear yard. Here is the adaptions to the Turntable area. You can see the new section which had been glued on to raise the turntable.
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Expanding Foam189 viewsI got some expanding foam and have been using it to glue foam parts together, fill in holes, and build up the rear yard. Here is another shot of the lower mine area once the foam had fully expanded.
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In position187 viewsHere we see how the foam block and hole in the powerstation line up with the hill formers behind.
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Turntable area.185 viewsThe turntable area has also been cut to the correct height and the expanding foam mostly cleaned up.
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The Turntable185 viewsThe expanded foam here is now fully cleaned up. If you look at the back, you can see that the turntable level is in 2 peices, which have been fused together with expanding foam.
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The Culvert229 viewsThe sand/stone mixture has been glued into the lover culvert to hide the foam inside.
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Third Foam Layer187 viewsThis is the third and final layer of foam, there to build up the scenery up and over the hidden mine passing loop.
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Third Foam Layer186 viewsThis is the third and final layer of foam, there to build up the scenery up and over the hidden mine passing loop.
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