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This is why I decided to make a 'Model of the Model'.
My layout design meant that there is hardly any level track anywhere apart from actually in the station areas and I needed to work out the topography of the land so that, as has been said before, it will look as though the railway line has been carved through the natural contours.
I did post some pictures in an earlier thread but here are a couple of them again to show how I set about it.
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I know that not everyone has the time, or maybe even the patience, to do this sort of thing but it has been well worth the time and effort. For example, you will see in the first picture that I had originally intended to have a level crossing just before the branch line terminus but when I built up the scenery it made more sense, topographically, for it to be a road overbridge.
All I can offer as advice is that if you are going to do the real thing straight away, keep an open mind and be prepared to change any pre-conceived ideas you may have had.
I have actually finished the model now and am putting together backgrounds from photographs which will, hopefully, give more depth and realism to the whole thing. I will post more pictures when this is done.
Cheers,
Expat
My layout design meant that there is hardly any level track anywhere apart from actually in the station areas and I needed to work out the topography of the land so that, as has been said before, it will look as though the railway line has been carved through the natural contours.
I did post some pictures in an earlier thread but here are a couple of them again to show how I set about it.
I know that not everyone has the time, or maybe even the patience, to do this sort of thing but it has been well worth the time and effort. For example, you will see in the first picture that I had originally intended to have a level crossing just before the branch line terminus but when I built up the scenery it made more sense, topographically, for it to be a road overbridge.
All I can offer as advice is that if you are going to do the real thing straight away, keep an open mind and be prepared to change any pre-conceived ideas you may have had.
I have actually finished the model now and am putting together backgrounds from photographs which will, hopefully, give more depth and realism to the whole thing. I will post more pictures when this is done.
Cheers,
Expat
