EXPANDING YOUR MODEL RAILROAD PART 1

You’ve built a small layout (in our case one from Woodland Scenics)... and now you want MORE!!!

Part one covers:

Benchwork Construction--Installation of sub and main roadbed--Laying track and switches--Tying into the original layout--Rough-in scenery, including tunnels--Fascia board around the layout--Installation of Photo Mural Backdrops--Trestle building over a saw mill pond--Rock castings for scenery. 68 Mins

 EXPANDING YOUR MODEL RAILROAD PART 2

We’ll color and zip texture scenery, Grass and weeds will be added to our mountain. Bushes and trees will be added. We’ll add ballast and blend it into our track. A bridge will be installed over our river, a retaining wall will be built underneath. Plaster gauze scenery will form our river. Bridge bents will be built.

Other side of backdrop will be covered with a photo mural, original backdrop will be blended into the layout. A town will be laid out near the logging operations. A saw mill pond will be painted and blended into scenery. An artist friend will blend our mountain into the photo mural backdrop. A wood retaining wall will be added to our mill pond. A sluice gate will be added to the river. 61 Mins.

EXPANDING YOUR MODEL RAILROAD PART 3

Jim Hoffman sells his Woodland Scenics layout, and we have a void to fill with a mining and logging operation. We’ll add overhead track lighting. We’ll weather some structures and scratch build a small engine house. Benchwork is added for the new New addition.

We’ll add scenery and details to the stock pens. We”ll add some Aspen trees. Spline sub-roadbed, homasote roadbed, and finally cork roadbed will be added, and track and turnouts come next. We’ll begin the scenery that will enhance our new mountainous area...adding rock castings and coloring, zip texturing and various foams from both Woodland Scenics and Scenic Express.

We’ll build tall pine trees. A Lift out section will be constructed. We’ll install a mining complex and pour our river from the sluice gate and more “water” downstream! 60 Mins.