No More Pink!!

In reviewing my scenery situation, I realized that I needed to carry the Cascade Mountain around the curve up to where the trestle bridge will be located. So, I grabbed some pink foam as seen previously, and stacked it, glued it, shaved it, and moved it to the appropriate spot.

After verifying that it fit well and the slopes between the two pieces were close, I covered it in plaster cloth, then layered on some Sculptamold. Once that was totally dry, I added some rocks, attaching them with caulk. A few days later, it was coloring time. I was finally able to get the new section to be close to the older part and worked on the rocks colors. That was a bunch harder as some of the rocks were already gray and needed to be a little browner. Anyway, they got done.

The final steps were to add some ground cover of various textures and colors, then drill several holes and install the trees. A little bit of fine texture was added to blend the various parts.

Don't see the seam between the two, do you? Well, I used a bunch of mixed green medium texture ground cover to hide it. Since it's on a curve, one might assume that rain would trickle down the clope there, providing moisture for the ground cover. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

I had hoped to get more done, but we went on a 10-day vacation back east, which delayed any further progress. I did get the rest of the Masonite spline for the elevated line installed, puttied, and sanded. I also installed cork on the rest of the spline.

That Smokey Mountain structure that I bought at the train show will have a home after all. I'm going to extend the track on the right side of the layout that's in front of the hills to provide a place for a single car to have pickups and deliveries there.

Next up - finish laying track on the elevated line and build the trestle bridge.