June 5, 2011

Beginning the river

My layout plan has always featured a large bridge as a focal point.  This week I started building this portion of the layout.  In order to give the bridge more height I wanted to lower the table the bridge spawns, so I built the benchwork below. 


My valley is 80mm lower then the surrounding terrain and 300mm wide. This will allow the use of Faller viaduct rail bridges to spawn it for the lower line.  I then built a placeholder for my big bridge, so I wouldn't damage my model while working on the area.  As you can see the Faller viaduct piers will need a little extension to meet the track height.  I've now roughed in some basic riverbank shapes with that green foam used for flower arrangement.

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