Coal Cars - 9
The Mt. Coffin & Columbia River
Continued ...
14. Photo of the layout under construction, with the
wiring tucked in a channel cut in the foam that will go
behind the fascia (not installed in this photo). Looks
like we need a couple hundred more fir trees!
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coffee-table-top layout, the only area available for a DCC panel—the
far left—was needed for the detachable staging (that never got built).
I tried Great Stuff to foam the mountains together: but I would not
use Great Stuff again. Caulk, though it takes longer, is easier (after
drying) to work with. Great Stuff is more airy and it files/shapes quite
a bit differently from the foam.
I used cork roadbed on this layout for the main with the rest of the
track attached with caulk directly to the foam. The compact layout
design forced me to learn how to hand lay both multiple-turnout fix-
tures (largest had 4 consecutive curved turnouts all built as one unit)
MRH-Mar 2013
