Terraforming

After the foam insulation layers had dried I moved on to sculpt the terrain. I used a Woodland Scenics glue gun to deposit layers of insulation foam sheets to create hills and ridges, based on my track plan. That turned out to be much more fun, and much faster, than I thought! In 2-3 hours I had completed all the major rough landscaping work.

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even created a small canyon for a river, cutting into the top base layers (which is why I put in a three sheets thick base layer instead of just one). I left one sheet intact on the bottom layer so the door panel would not show, as I could not find a completely flat door surface.

I used Woodland Scenics 2% Incline Starters to create the inclines. I found it easier to use just the incline started pieces as opposed to the full incline kits, as my insulation sheets were 1/2 inch thick, which is exactly how far a single 24" Incline Starter strip elevates your track. These styrofoam strips, too, were glued into place using the glue gun. I just loved the glue gun which was super easy to use, there was no smell, and it dried almost instantly, giving you just about half a minute to work before the glue dried.