Thursday, August 10, 2006

Foam - FOam - FOAm - FOAM!!!

I got my "foam stuff" today! The girls and I can get back to building the layout.

I'm going to watch the Woodland Scenics video first so I can get a better understanding of how to implement foam for a model railroad. I know some of the "old school" guys out there will scoff at foam; "It's not stable", "I heard about a guy who used foam and it turned out bad", "The whether will effect it", "I haven't heard anything bad yet, but give it time", "Foam is just a fad - The tried and true Lynn Wescott "L" girder is the way to go." I look at it this way. . . If the Wright Brothers listened to the scoffers, they probably would have never got off the ground.

Have a "foamy" day

Sean, sean@twinimaging.com

















Harry the cat is inspecting the boxes from InternetTrains.com
















Here's all of the foam materials on the layout.
















Here is a 3% grade using foam risers.















Here is the same 3% grade but placed on top of the 1 inch standard risers.

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