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More of Iron Mountain

Tue, 2013-03-26 07:27 — richhard444

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Here is what Iron Mountain currently looks like. As seen in these pictures I have much to do. I need to finish almost all of the buildings - windows, roofs. Add more detail to the street scenes. The big white space in one of the pictures needs a building. I am thinking about a gas station.

Building of Iron Mountain, MI Part #3

Tue, 2013-03-26 06:50 — richhard444

Scenery - Structures

Here is part #3 of building Iron Mountain, MI.

Laying out & painting of roads etc. I hope this post isn't to long. I did cut out a lot of in between pictures

Finished parking lot & road into Iron Mountain. Follow along to see how I got to this point.

Finished road into Iron Mountain

Building of Iron Mountain, MI - Part#2

Tue, 2013-03-26 06:06 — richhard444

Scenery - Structures

Here is part #2 of how I did the roads and city base for Iron Mountain.

Area before the bridge is constructed.

Determining where the bridge will go.

Marking & cutting out the scenery for installation of the bridge.

What is wrong with me?? (Layout wise)

Mon, 2013-03-25 15:28 — Michael T.

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Backdrop Dilemma - That Elusive Appalachian Mountain Look - April 1 Update

Sun, 2013-03-24 22:30 — pldvdk

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Building of Iron Mountain, MI - Part #1

Sun, 2013-03-24 14:23 — richhard444

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PART #1:

The bare area where Iron Mountain will be built. One of the patterns and the .060" styrene base to be used for the town and roads. This is were the 4' x 8' sheets will come in handy. Additional road work and scenery work.

Richard

Laying the roads in town. I will put tracing paper over this to make a pattern. Then that will be transferred to the styrene

Scale Model Animation 2 – LEDs and Lighting

Sun, 2013-03-24 13:15 — geoffb

Model animation—bringing models to life—adds enormously to the interest and enjoyment of any layout or individual model! In this installment I want to touch on more “points” on lighting and LEDs—likely more than you’ll ever want to know!

Moving from tunnels to rocks - lots and lots of rocks.

Sun, 2013-03-24 11:31 — rgs_info

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Following up the last post, I've added plaster cloth above the tunnels, and started on rockwork nearby. Lots of photos, again!

http://rgsrr.blogspot.com/2013/03/rocks-in-my-head.html

Gatorfoam BASIC techniques for cutting by hand for bases and panels

Thu, 2013-03-21 16:43 — tyndalljohn6

This 6 plus minute video shows some basic techniques for working with Gatorfoam with only hand tools. Great for those of us with no shops or living in an apartment.