has anyone ever thought about using ceiling tile as part of the scenery base? i was given a bunch of used ceiling tile that i thought i could use to stack on top of each other to create tunnels and cutouts, im also going to use them to make the main layout part higher than the yard and create my own rock walls on one side of the yard. will post pics when i get it done it may be a while my layout is in my garage and i live in texas where its been around 100 for sometime to come and my garage doesnt have ac but it gives me time to shop the bargin bin at the train store in dallas
Hi Craigh Never thought of that one but it might be worth a try, one man's trash a model railroader's treasure lets us know how it works. Have a great day Darren
I've never used them as a scenery 'base', but have stacked and glued them with rough,broken edges, and once dry, scraped the edges with a wire brush. This seems to make a fairly neat rock outcropping or face. I believe Model Railroader ran an article on this once. And yes, it's gonna be hot here in Texas this week!
hey ADAMS. that is part of what im going to do with the cutout section and stack them to raise the main part of the layout seing that you cant buy 2" foam here in texas so i have to do with what i have. i didnt know about the article in MR does any body know which issue? i have hundreds of issues but really dont want to look through all of them
MR, April 1981, page 66 & 67, by Jim Kelly. Speaking a geologist, this method does well to replicate the Mississppian-age limestones of SW Missouri.
karl, thanks i will look that up this weekend and that sounds like a good idea im from springfield so im use to seing the limestone im just a transplanted missourian
Craigh, Interesting coincidence--I've lived in Texas since Middle School, but I also lived in Springfield in my younger years! (you can't help but be a Frisco fan living there in the 70's!) If you tell me you are about 44, that would really be something! (I attended Cherokee Elementary on the south side of town, and lived close to the old Mopac branch to Battlefield). Sorry to get off-topic on this thread--just found it interesting--
adams , yes im 42 but i didnt grow up in springfield i grew up in odessa mo but spent alot of time in springfield my family is from there and still have family there great train yard for photos have taken many there. i remember as a kid at my grandmas i could always hear the train horns, shes lives 2 blocks south of the main line running east out of town
My father-in-law tried this technique about 10 years ago on his layout. He did a fairly decent job and tended to remind me of some of the old bluffs along the River Division between St. Mary and Ste. Genevieve. I used to envision myself modeling this area for this reason, among others, until I realized I'd be making a LOT of tree covered bluffs. The other reasons would just about necessitate a new thread. Let us know if you try it and throw some pictures our way. Best Regards,
Celotex ceiling tiles have been used for years as part of scenery building, and I can attest that the tiles, laid on bare plywood, make good sound-deadeners on track in staging areas. Cheaper than Homasote, too.
