Building the mountain was very easy thanks to Woodland Scenics and a little imagination.
I started by planning how I wanted the track to run along the montain , I then used Woodland Scenics incline kit to get the elevation I wanted.
My next task was to figure out how I wanted the mountain to look so taking a pencil I simply drew light lines on the backdrop until I came up with something I was happy with.
Then I cut up a bunch of cardboard strips ( about an inch wide) and started hot gluing and stapeling them from the backdrop (along the pencil line ) to the incline and from the incline to the base.
What I love about this method is that it is very easy to change something if you don't like it.
After I was satisfied with the shape of the mountain I aplied plaster cloth (Woodlands Scenics of coaurse) over the cardboard . If you cut the cloth to aproximately the size of your hand it makes it very easy to work with.
Lay cloth with the bumpy side up and use a wet brush to spread the plaster out as you move along.
This whole process was very easy and just about fool proof , I did make a small mistake with one part of the mountain so I simply cut it out reshaped it and added a little plaster cloth and the problem was fixed.
Apperently cardboard strips have been used for a long time and I can see why , it's a cheap and easy way to build a realistic mountains , also thanks to Woodland Scenics plaster cloth there was very little mess to clean up .
I am now in the process of casting my rocks for the mountain face and will post more pics after I intall them and then finally some colour , can't wait .
So far this has been a lot of fun and very easy.
I hope this helps a little and yes this is my very first layout , but not my last :thumb: .
Tim K