Terrain at Low's Bridge

This afternoon, I added, carved, and shaped foam board for the Low's Bridge  scene on my layout. I first added two roughly one by two foot foam layers, each one inch thick. I then carved the rouh shape of the riverbank into the foam. After that, I used a rasp to shape and smooth the foam.

The Low's Bridge area on my layout at the beginning of the afternoon.

Test fitting the first layer of foam board.

The first layer of foam board attached. Note the roughed in shape of the riverbed of the Pistcataquis River on the extreme left of the picture.

The top layer of foam attached, making the foam board at Low's Bridge even with the foam board of the rest of the layout.

The slope of the riverbank roughed in using a small knife.

After initial shaping with the rasp.

I then laid track at Low's Bridge and roughed up the foam board on the inland side of the track.

This is how the Low's Bridge area looked by the end of the afternoon. A covered bridge will be located just near the end of the track. 

I took this photo from the very end of the layout. I like the slope of the riverbank that I carved on this section of the layout. The contour of the riverbank follows prototype photos of the area fairly closely. 

I am looking forward to continuing to work on this area. It seems to be shaping up to be a good scene. Over the next few days, I'm planning to work on tracklaying in the town of Guilford on the layout. Hopefully, all track will be down by the end of the weekend. There is not much track on the layout, so it should not take very long.