Terrain at Norrigewock

Last evening, I added some terrain to the area around Norridgewock yard on my layout. I added a small rise in front of the tracks, following topographic maps of the area.

To add the rise, I first attached some scraps of one inch thick foam insulation board that I had on hand. The foam was then attached with screws. I then cut the foam to eliminate the sharp corner in the center of the image and to make the foam parallel the track.

I then shaped the foam with a rasp, shaping the foam to get a realistic variety of contuors

I saved the foam shavings generated by shaping the foam. I put the shavings in a mall plastic container and then used the shavings to fill in the gaps between the sheets of foam that I used to make the rise.

A view of the finished rise by the Maine Central Tracks in Norridgewock. I got more work on the rise done at the same time, and I will post more about that work soon.