25 Comments:

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   lilemotom / December 13, 2008 12:03 pm

   u can use styrofoam
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   thebige61 / December 13, 2008 4:50 pm

   It won’t work well for carving. Now what you could do(and I think this would work ok) is use the Styrofoam as a substrate for the mountain. So in other words you’d glue the Styrofoam in place and carve/cut it into roughly the shape you want and then cover the foam with rock castings.

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   andrzejowiec / January 8, 2009 2:24 am

   i use gorilla glue too glue the foam. works great!
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   gtc1961 / January 20, 2009 3:34 pm

   Yes, you can do that, that was the standard procedure in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The only problem was that is was so HEAVY! The last layout I built was of sculptamold with carboard supports, much lighter than plaster of paris. This methods looks best though, I’m going to try it onthe new layout I’m planning.
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   SouthDakotaBoys / February 21, 2009 6:23 pm

   now I have some blue polystyrene, Will that work as well as that pink stuff you got?
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   thebige61 / February 25, 2009 5:10 am

   I’m thinking it will if it’s the kind of foam I’m picturing in my mind. you can experiment on a small piece to see how well it carves.
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   SouthDakotaBoys / February 26, 2009 12:40 am

   Thanks
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   newyorkcentrury / February 27, 2009 12:53 am

   where are u from
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   LNERMallard / March 7, 2009 5:15 am

   Is N scale cheaper than HO scale? I want to build an N scale version of my HO scale layout, but I want to know how much dough I would be buring.
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    usmusclecars / March 8, 2009 1:58 am

    go away
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    thebige61 / March 10, 2009 3:09 am

    HO and N scale cost about the same.
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    brycat36 / March 10, 2009 11:59 pm

    Very good videos.. Keep them coming
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    hotdogcib / March 14, 2009 10:32 pm

    Hi Everett, your videos are very informative,and you seem very knowledgeable in this hobby. I had h.o. scale when I was a child. I am going to follow all of your videos as a bible. You said you changed to the “N” scale. Why ?? I wish to know so when I start this hobby next month I can buy the scale that has the best options in that scale, and you would know best . You made a change to invest all of your time in this scale there must be a few good reasons. Thanks again..I am eager to start !!
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    thebige61 / March 15, 2009 12:48 pm

    I wanted to do mountain railroading and had a limited amount of space to do what I wanted. If I were to do that section you see in the beginning in HO It would be 23 feet wide and 5 feet deep. In addition my layout goes around the family room walls so I need to design it so it would take up as little space as possible yet give me plenty of space to do the things I wanted. N scale worked perfectly for me.
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    hotdogcib / March 15, 2009 5:56 pm

    Wow, I just spent hours on your web site, following your progress from Sept 03 to March 09. Amazing, what a craftsman.I did smile when I saw the hot water tank,after replacing two of my three, I wouldn’t be that eager to do a swap out on that one.
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    thebige61 / March 17, 2009 10:02 pm

    I designed the suspended yard so that it’s removable. It takes about 10 minutes to take the whole thing down.
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    hotdogcib / March 18, 2009 1:41 am

    well , I should of known that you would have a back up plan for the hot water heater r&r, based on the craftsmanship of your project,well done ! I was wondering if you could tell me the (pro’s & con’s ) between the h.o. scale and the n scale. I see your response posted on why you changed over, but I still don’t know which of the 2 scales that I should go with and why. It looks like h.o.has more detail .
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    blake1388 / June 5, 2009 1:52 pm

    i couldent understand you in the supplies if you can email me back with the lis of supplies you use
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    panzermyer / October 4, 2009 8:20 pm

    well done man , thanks for taking the time to show us all your tricks and skills , great help for anyone looking to build a good layout , well done
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    raulamx / October 10, 2009 3:43 am

    hi thks so much for this tutorials, a rookie question, do you lay roadbed/track over the foam?
    or it’s no a good idea?
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    mneal713 / October 13, 2009 5:00 pm

    What is the name of the third carving tool you named (yellow handle)?
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    thebige61 / October 17, 2009 4:05 pm

    It’s a surform rasp.
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    acastrellon / October 19, 2009 6:15 pm

    First of all great work!! At the end of this video you show a sample piece you made to practice the coloring of the washes, I see you also had a nice thick spot of grass. How did you get it to be so thick and natural, is it just a lot of layers? what type of grass was it, weeds fine turf?
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    sacbob2006 / October 19, 2009 8:56 pm

    Thanks for the information I live in the boonies and finding the information locally is hard this way it gives me something to refer to thanks again
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    mneal713 / November 2, 2009 10:41 pm

    hey I just want to let you know I used your videos to learn how to model for a class project (Georgia Tech), it was VERY helpful! Thank you!