Foam Board Layout Surface

On Monday night, I cut and attached foam board to make a basic, flat, layout surface for my new layout. I used one inch thick foam board for this. Installation was fast and simple, and I did not have any problems with the foam board. I used a combination of wood glue and screws to secure the foam board on the layout.

On the layout, I used a single two by eight foot piece of foam board to make up the main layout section, while I used some decent sized peices of foam that I had on hand in order to finish adding foam board to the layout.

I still have to add more foam around Low's Bridge, as that area was attached to the main layout benchwork two inches lower than the rest of the layout, in order to make it easier to model the bridge. This afternoon, I'm hoping that I can build up the foam at Low's bridge so that tracklaying on the layout can comence.

This is what I started out with - A large shhet of fresh foam board. This sheet is now the base for the what will be the town section of my layout.

The sheet of foam board, ready to be cut to size. The image shows the markings for cutting the sheet down by about six inches in a twelve inch stretch of the foam.

The same thing, but now with the foam cut. 

Test fitting of the foam at one end of the layout.

A panoramic view of the foam being test fit. Sorry about the poor image quality, but It was the best I could do with the panoramic view function on my phone.

A more in focus view of test fitting the foam board on the other end of the layout.

Foam board was attached to the benchwork using wood glue.

Foam glued in place and weighed down by heavy objects and screws.

After attaching the foam, I did a bit of a quick mockup of how the layout will look at one end. The freight car boxes represent what will be a brick textile factory.  

Another view of the mocked up track and textile factory. The layout will depict the town of Guilford, Maine, located on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's Greenville Branch.