The branch line on my model railroad climbs behind the turntable/roundhouse area before venturing to distant lands and then returning to whence it began - basically a stretched out return loop. The situation I have is two parallel tracks at diverging elevations occupying a space about five inches deep. My intention has always been to conceal this two tracks with tunnel made of structures. The Kalmbach books by John Pryke and Iain Rice both show similar ideas.
The area of concealment is about six feet long. At first I split into two parts, one with structures and the other a hill with structures on top. It didn't work out as well as I thought it would be so I left it alone and moved on to other things. I do that. I start projects with great enthusiasm and go as far as it will carry me. Sometimes though when the results are less than satisfactory I stall out. This is the latest run at the area.
The picture shows the cover-ups. The bottom fin is 3/16" plywood, the vertical piece is 5/8 plywood and the top piece that covers the two tracks is again 3/16" material. I added a stone retaining wall to part of it for interest. A second unit starts at the left side of the retaining wall.
Here is a top view of both units. I have a few of the International hobby kits based on the famous San Francisco victorians of Alamo Square that I wanted to work into the scene so I added a retaining wall with a road.
An overall shot of the cover-up in it's current state of completion. There are still about two inches behind the row of buildings for perhaps another row of flats. The wall on the left is a plaster repair in progress to clean up the vestiges of the closet walls that I removed to allow access to both sides of the city peninsula.
A close-up shot of the way buildings are notched for the cover-up.
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The branch line on my model
The branch line on my model railroad climbs behind the turntable/roundhouse area before venturing to distant lands and then returning to whence it began - basically a stretched out return loop. The situation I have is two parallel tracks at diverging elevations occupying a space about five inches deep. My intention has always been to conceal this two tracks with tunnel made of structures. The Kalmbach books by John Pryke and Iain Rice both show similar ideas.
The area of concealment is about six feet long. At first I split into two parts, one with structures and the other a hill with structures on top. It didn't work out as well as I thought it would be so I left it alone and moved on to other things. I do that. I start projects with great enthusiasm and go as far as it will carry me. Sometimes though when the results are less than satisfactory I stall out. This is the latest run at the area.
The picture shows the cover-ups. The bottom fin is 3/16" plywood, the vertical piece is 5/8 plywood and the top piece that covers the two tracks is again 3/16" material. I added a stone retaining wall to part of it for interest. A second unit starts at the left side of the retaining wall.
Here is a top view of both units. I have a few of the International hobby kits based on the famous San Francisco victorians of Alamo Square that I wanted to work into the scene so I added a retaining wall with a road.
An overall shot of the cover-up in it's current state of completion. There are still about two inches behind the row of buildings for perhaps another row of flats. The wall on the left is a plaster repair in progress to clean up the vestiges of the closet walls that I removed to allow access to both sides of the city peninsula.
A close-up shot of the way buildings are notched for the cover-up.
Aran Sendan