The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[ACL1504]

I then cut some pink foam to fit around Freddy's.





I sanded the edges of the foam to match as closely as I could to the cork roadbed. This gives me a small ditch between the ground and road and also between the track and ground.

Many places in Florida, the rural and county roads have this kind of small ditch or road drain off.

See, I even have a ditch area.




I'll finish this section of the thread tomorrow.

Tom

[ACL1504]

While the areas discussed above were drying, I added more of the fascia to the layout. I needed to trim a short piece of 1X4 to fit the Tahope River.



I then needed to cut a piece of 1X4 to fit between the existing fascia and the small 1X4 at the river.



That task was accomplished and the Masonite fascia was then added and screwed in place.



More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I'm sure and hopefully by now everyone has an idea of how I'm using the 1/4" foamular panels.

The rest of the pictures will finish this part of the narrative.










More to follow.

[ACL1504]

More to follow.

[ACL1504]

[ACL1504]

Another reason I chose to use the 1/4 inch pink foamular is the ability to stick trees and other stuff in the foam.

This will save me from drilling holes in the plywood to install the trees and other scenery stuff.

[ak-milw]

Very "PINK" Tom

[tct855]

Tom,
           I guess it's settled!  You don't have Rhodophobia.  Infact I'm Rhodophobia free also.  Thanx Thom...

[S&S RR]

Tom


The thread and the layout are looking great - you sure put a lot of work into rebuilding the thread.  Thank you for sharing it all with us - again.  Please take a few minutes and do a backup like we talked about.  Just say-in!

John,

Thanks for the kind words of support. I'm working on the backup and may be calling you in a few days.

Tom

Tom


Call any time. You are posting like a crazy man.  I had to go back 5 pages to find where I left off.

[jerryrbeach]

Gee, Tom, all that pink reminds me of the Pink Panther.  You know, "Dead ant, dead ant..."  It is your fault that will be playing in my head all day, lol!

[BandOGuy]

And as I caught up on this thread, a horrible image whistled through my head: Tom, out in the man  cave doing all this scenery work wearing one of those truly ridiculous PINK shirts/sweatshirts. You know the ones I mean. You see them at the malls and in stores. Goofy people wearing black shirts with the word PINK on them. News flash: black can't be PINK. Hopefully, neither is Tom wearing one of them. Model railroading is one thing. Fashion is another.

[Powersteamguy1790]

The scene is looking good Tom.

Stay cool and run steam........

[PRR Modeler]

Foam would be much easier than drilling a 1000 holes into the plywood.

[ak-milw]

I do the same with my little people. I drill a .020 hole in their foot, insert a wire and I can move them all over the layout.

[PRR Modeler]

Great idea Andy.