Søren's Model Railway Pages

I build layouts and dioramas using the standard white foam (Expanded Polystyrene, EPS) that you can get in any hardware store. This type of foam is easy to work with and you can work with it inside the house. The only tool you need is basically a sharp knife, but a hot wire foam cutter of some sort is recommended. But Woodland Scenics also provides foam for this purpose. In this article I will compare the Woodland Scenics Foam Sheet Goods to Standard White Foam from the hardware store.

In part 2 we look at laying the road using the Woodland Scenics Road System. The Road System is an easy to use system that gives you stunning results. You can choose to follow the guide in the box, but you can also use your imagination and create all sorts of cool road features.

Last year I built a winter diorama to have a nice display for Christmas. I think a model winter landscape is a fun way of displaying trains in the holiday season. I was not very happy with the back side of the station. I thought I needed some sort of better solution for the road that is supposed to be there. I also did not like the way the freight shed connected with the parking lot. This year it is time for a new parking lot and road.

In the previous installment I showed you how to construct a base using plaster cloth and newspaper. In this installment I lay the track and ballast products from Woodland Scenics and NOCH.