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So, just take the cardboard, and cover the area (tracks included) where the platform is supposed to be? -Any ideas for cutting the cardboard super-straight? -Then I can just paint over the cardboard with acrylic paint? -Should I add another layer (i.e. like a cake) in-between the tracks...

Cabdriver, I totally agree with spitfire. I think Medium Scale ballast in HO is too big. Either for gravel or track ballast. For my layout, on a test sheet, I created a gravel area, and I used a light gray Fine Scale WS ballast. Not the dark type, I wanted to veer away from the illusion that...

Thanks guys. I just went to the store and picked up 10 bottles of acrylic paints, mainly for my structures on the way. I did get a 'Dove Gray' though, which should work on the cardboard for weathered asphalt. So, I take it cardboard would be the easiest? One thing though, all the cardboard I...

Thanks cabdriver. Honestly - I didn't mean to be rude about the foam-layer thing. I know I always appreciate true feedback. It wasn't your fault, and now the solution is solved! In the end, it will look so much better, I promise. I hope it turns out beautifully. Thanks for the advice on...

Wow. Dumbfounding process. :thumb: Just out of curiousity, and I'm sure we'll see, but what are you going to use to continue the road crossing over the tracks? Keep up the good work.:D

Wow. What progress. From an inexperienced modeler, I really appreciate you sharing. You have given me inspiration. Maybe I won't use that WS road kit after all. I think I might go for posterboard or something. Please keep those photos coming. I love the mountain. The foam layers are a little...

Hey all, Okay. Another question. This one may be a bit more difficult. On my 4'x7' layout, I was going to build a medium-sized city station. Obviously, it would be at the edge of the layout, with a paved road coming from yonder leading to it. This is to infer that bigger and better things...

Thanks guys. In fact, I found some pillow fiber laying around, and my mother gave me permission to use it. I just need to get some spraypaint from my LHS. Layout looks good. I made a small hill using WS plaster cloth, painted it dark brown, and covered it in ground foam and lichen. Then I...

Thanks guys. I know I sound repetitious, but I can't help it! :rolleyes: Now, for a good couple of questions: -What's a convienent, easy way to make trees? (i.e. cheap!) I know gathering sticks and sticking polyfiber on them will work, but my LHS doesn't carry WS polyfiber... -How to...

Masonjar is correct. It depends. Like I know my Soundtraxx Sound/Decoder equipped loco will not run on regular DC. HOWEVER, if you are looking for a decoder that does, Atlas' is very nice. Their dual-mode decoders can be utilizied on either DCC or DC layouts--the best part is, you don't have...

Thanks guys. An emptied Elmer's glue bottle. Now why didn't I think of that? :rolleyes: Shaygetz- Your online help and advice has been a blessing throughout this project. You certainly know what your talking about, and I bow to you for willing to post and share your knowledge with this...

Thanks everyone for your much needed advice. I got the track painted this morning. These are the steps I took: -Carried track downstairs and outside to the driveway. (The train area isn't well ventilated.. not a good thing for spray painting...) -Reassembled track into track plan on the...

Okay... I'm bringing this thread back to life... :p I got a whole bunch of stuff, and this weekend is work, work, work. One question: I bought 2 aerosol cans of Tamiya Color Paint, color Red Brown. The dude at the hobby shop told me I can't paint the track without masking the rails, but...

As you guys know, I just "officially" started in the hobby. I just wondered what methods you all used to clean your wheels on those precious locomotives and what you use to clean your track... Interesting story... My sister was painting her nails near my train table (I wasn't there, so I...

Woohoo! It feels weird posting in here... I finally stopped my armchair modeling and got up to do something! Weekend accomplishments: 1.) Bought two, folding sawhorses for layout support. 2.) Built a table (4'x7') resting one a 1x4 frame with slits for the sawhorses, which serve as the...

Thanks for the comments. Aye, yes, sometimes the couplers will only work when falling off the table, hence I got around to taking some small pieces out and bringing the track slightly more into the table to aviod the edges. Jetrock, THANK YOU! I never noticed that. I'm glad you did. In fact...

Thanks guys. I was a little slow to reply, but the second trackplan just wouldn't fit. I concocted my own layout the night after this post... using $100 worth of Atlas HO (sorry I didn't say I was in HO scale!) Snap-Track from my LHS. Pictures are in this thread, including shots of track...

Okay. Thanks guys. Appreciate it. When I start, I'm going to cut the foam into manageable pieces and stagger it throughout the corners and such. I already have the track layout drawn on the homasote, so everything should line up fine. I'm just going to use white glue, because of convience and...

Okay, a few roadbed questions! I recently got all my Snap-Track together and laid it out in a plan I like. Then I put the Woodland Scenics foam roadbed underneath, just to see how it would look. I think it will look great when it's done. But first, there are those pesky questions... To...

:eek: :eek: :eek: Wow! A lot of kids my age popping up all over the place! Sean, that's great you decided that it was time to start a layout. Any of the MR project layouts would be a good start, any one that has step by step instructions. (Hehehe.. I didn't follow that advice, but don't let...