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davecitee New member 1 post
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A mountain from a cardboard box

 I found this to be an inspiring article as a beginner in scenery. I had been planning to carve foam for my hills and mountains, but was daunted by the likely effort and was yet to make a start. Now I can see an easy way to get going without much cost or a significant learning curve with new materials. Thanks, John!
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bear creek MRH Editor emeritus 2,339 posts
bear creek

Maybe I've just missed it in

Maybe I've just missed it in other places, but I though topping the straight ridge beam with blue (or pink) foam and carving an undulating contour into it as the top of a row of hills was pretty innovative (figure 3 on page 143).

Charlie

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Geared Frequent poster 838 posts
Geared

Hard shell

An interesting article that I enjoyed reading very much. Brings to mind Lynn Westcotts hardshell technique.

Roy

Roy

Geared is the way to tight radii and steep grades. Ghost River Rwy. "The Wet Coast Loggers"

 
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BlueHillsCPR
BlueHillsCPR

Indeed!

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Maybe I've just missed it in other places, but I though topping the straight ridge beam with blue (or pink) foam and carving an undulating contour into it as the top of a row of hills was pretty innovative (figure 3 on page 143).

Charlie

Yes, I also thought it quite an innovative way to add contours at the top of the slope.  Good article!
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Karl Smith New member 4 posts
Karl Smith

Pines?

Nice job John. I am doing Pacific northwest/Alaska in N. How about a how-to on N scale evergreens?
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