Constructing a hill
The country road continues to the next layout section and had to be constructed in a way that would allow me to dismantle the layout sections for moving without destroying the finished scenery. First I build the country road using two sets of 4% Inclines stacked so my 8% grade could climb 2 inches in 2 feet. In scale terms, my road climbs a scale 26 1/2 feet in 320 scale feet in order to climb over my Westbound staging yard throat and obscure the unrealistic (but necessary for operation) staging loops hidden under the Eastbound staging yard. In real life extensive underground trackage is not built out in the middle of the Great Plains of New Mexico. The Highway Overpass Trick is often used my modelers to hide such installations.
After the road was built and partly paved, I added Styrofoam boards to form a left, right, and rear perimeter to contain the paper wads that will support the plaster cloth that forms the hilltop. As you can see, the original Asphalt color of pavement is way too black as applied and had to be modified.
Constructing a hill
The country road continues to the next layout section and had to be constructed in a way that would allow me to dismantle the layout sections for moving without destroying the finished scenery. First I build the country road using two sets of 4% Inclines stacked so my 8% grade could climb 2 inches in 2 feet. In scale terms, my road climbs a scale 26 1/2 feet in 320 scale feet in order to climb over my Westbound staging yard throat and obscure the unrealistic (but necessary for operation) staging loops hidden under the Eastbound staging yard. In real life extensive underground trackage is not built out in the middle of the Great Plains of New Mexico. The Highway Overpass Trick is often used my modelers to hide such installations.
After the road was built and partly paved, I added Styrofoam boards to form a left, right, and rear perimeter to contain the paper wads that will support the plaster cloth that forms the hilltop. As you can see, the original Asphalt color of pavement is way too black as applied and had to be modified.