DocWayne and Anyone Else...
- Thread starter Gary S.
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Doctorwayne, is that a typo? A 100 foot long siding. Thats longer than my whole layout.
Loren
Sorry, Loren, I was typing in HO scale.
Room to spot two 50' boxcars.Wayne
I did the Seran Wrap trick last night. Well, it worked. Now, when I pulled the buildings back up, there were a few spots where the ballast came up too, but not all that bad. I think I didn't allow enough drying time.
I had also put "mock" columns where the silo columns sit on the cork. I coated then with vegetable oil, then ballasted-sanded around them. This morning, I cut around the fake colums with an exacto, and they came right out. And then the structure fit right in. Woohoo!
So, overall I am not completely happy with the technique, but I'll deem it "acceptable". Once I get the structures finished, I can go back and do some touch-up, adding ballast/sand/ground cover to hide any imperfections. For now, I am able to lift the structures off the layout so I can work on them.
Maybe some pics this afternoon if I can figure out how to use my wife's camera.
I had also put "mock" columns where the silo columns sit on the cork. I coated then with vegetable oil, then ballasted-sanded around them. This morning, I cut around the fake colums with an exacto, and they came right out. And then the structure fit right in. Woohoo!
So, overall I am not completely happy with the technique, but I'll deem it "acceptable". Once I get the structures finished, I can go back and do some touch-up, adding ballast/sand/ground cover to hide any imperfections. For now, I am able to lift the structures off the layout so I can work on them.
Maybe some pics this afternoon if I can figure out how to use my wife's camera.
Looks good, except like you say where the building sits on the ground cover. And it needs some weeds and stuff.
Loren
Loren
