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I’ve completed the base scenery on the On30 layout. I built a mountain out of sulptamold covered foam, built base areas for the structures, ballasted the track, built some cribbing in places and filled in the ravine, painted the layout base, and stained the rock work. I’ve also temporarily added some nice ponderosa pines from scenic express to give you an idea of what the completed layout will look like. The mine structure is under construction now, and the next video in this

Need some backdrops for your model railroad? Here is how I built some backdrop panels for my 2x4 N scale layout out of cardboard, paint,...

Anytime I have a scenery project to work on, these are the seven items I always have on hand and use on just about every single project. 1) Insulation foam board For most of my projects, I use styrofoam for the base, usually cut from 4x8 foot sheets I pick up at Home Depot or other home builder stores. You can pick this foam up in different thicknesses, but not all regions of the country carry the thicker boards. Most people, including myself, can't carry a 4x8 foot sheet of

I built a scale model of a ski resort. You can do the same for any location you can find on Google Maps. Watch the new video and find out...