1 x 3 ft town

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Still working on my "N" track modules, working on my town of "Grizzly Summit". Setting an entire town up in such a limited space has been a real challange, I drew on a lot of ideas put out in this forum, especially some of yours Charlie. Have built all the structures up to a point to get their footprint and every night for several weeks I would rearrange the whole town, think I got it now. The town is laid out on a piece of 1/8" ply which I plan on cutting up for each building and it's surrounding lot. This jig-saw puzzle like idea will allow me to work at my bench on each stucture and it's landscaping. I'm pretty sure I can hide all the seams with sidewalk overlaps on the road, hedge rows and what not. Working at a bench will allow for a lot more detailing without having to bend over the layout. Each structure section will get glued in place as I complete them. The blue masking tape is the road outline, that and the spur track bed will be one continuous and interesting looking piece.
 

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Here is an overhead shot of the town. It should be pretty clear as to where I have to cut out and section the plywood for each structure.
 

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Using my digital camera I was able to shot some structures I made on my home layout. I scaled, printed and attached them to foam. The foam I cut wedge shaped to provide a pleasing prespective.
 

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Hey we even got a main street. The structures in the background are from the DPM website. Cheated by copying and scaling them.
(Shame on me :rolleyes: )
 

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Biull,
You've done a great job of creating that illusion of depth, where there is actuall very little...
I really like the way the RR, & the streets criss-cross through the town.
Would love to see more!
 

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Thanks fellows. Just when I think I got things nailed down, I see things and make a change here and there. I have a feeling that this setup can be an advantage and disadvantage. Have to reach a point and say "that's it, go with it and get started!" So much to do before September. Here is a shot of both modules together.
 

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Hi Bill,
Terrific photo's and great idea for low relief structures, I was into N-scale some years ago, and did a similar kind of thing, but used real buildings cut up to represent structures in the town.

 

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