This is the Deer Creek area as seen closer to track level. The track descends downhill at this point before crossing the creek and entering the...
The upper rock has a 'black wash' base (see next paragraph) but not evenly over the surface so you can see the shading effects. Then a mix of Raw...
CB&W's only new engine, a GP-60, rolls on to the west end of the Low Gap trestle.
I've extended the terrain another three feet and placed Willow Creek. When the glue dries I'll work on the mountain in the background
Test fitting buildings and track at Tucker Hollow.
Test fitting buildings and tunnel portal at Tucker Hollow.
The rock work is finished behind the track and the bridge over the highway.
Check the rock work and track fit for the track bridge site over the highway just east of the Crossroads.
The old house at the crossroads. The rock work is finished and the greenery is about to begin!
The rock work is finished and the buildings test fit.
The foam is the roadbed. I attach the track with inexpensive latex painter's caulk. The foam layers are also bedded together with the same caulk.
This is the next phase of my layout. I covered the foam with sand sprinkled onto wet interior latex paint. When that was dry, I add WS ground foam...
Low Gap trestle's west end with scenery in place.
CB&W #102 eases onto the Low Gap trestle.
A different view of the just completed backdrop. The clouds look more like mountains, but that'll work, too!
The backdrop is completed and so are the rocks. On to the greenery!
Scenery by Lucien Wiss, layout owned by Daniel Roth
