Making Cisco Townsite, part 2

: plan of the first section

I used a 50mm(2”)-thick XPS insulation board for the base/terrain. I added 2.5mm(0.1”)-thick plywood on the edge as the frame. It also works as a ruler. The corners are reinforced by solid wood angles from the back.

: front of the section
: back of the section

I made the railroad and highway right-of-ways from the stack of 2.5mm(0.1”)-thick plywood: I thought it convenient to model the fills, but it turned out to be not really, as they warped for all those weights during the glue.

The track is the Atlas product; code-55 flexible-rail. The pavement of the highway is made of paper clay as before. I painted the rails with Tamiya XF-68 "NATO Brown" and applied them to the terrain.

: railroad ROW
: highway ROW
: ROWs added to the section


取り扱いし易いようにベースは50ミリ厚のスタイロフォーム。縁を定規兼用の薄ベニヤで補強する。線路路盤や道路は、その方が制作し易いかと思い、薄ベニヤを張り重ねたベースに紙粘土などで造形した別パーツとして制作した。都合厚さ15ミリになる路盤には、模型走行音の低減も期待した。

線路は形状優先で米国アトラス社製のコード55フレキシブルレール、道路は紙粘土をケレンでしごいて路面の水勾配を再現した。