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Our Canadian Canyons N scale layout project would certainly be flawed without adding tunnels (and slide sheds) to the Fraser and Thompson River segments. No worries! Drew and Kent show how to plot out and install one of the many foam-built tunnels they need to make the layout scenes look credible.
This is the most complicated method of using foam I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to view the next episodes to prove it works.
Just a Question. When attaching foam to foam like you did on the curve why did you not use HOT Glue and wooden spindle from the back ?
Any one watch the show Highway Through Hell on TWC? It’s set in that region of Canada. Tonight they were pulling a truck wreck off the tracks by the river. Would make an interesting scene to show a wreck being recovered with cameras on scene and lots of flashing lights.
Sorry Drew and Kent, I did not realise David was on holiday ! 🙂
You fellows have great vision. I do not, all I see are right angles. I am patiently waiting to see how this develops into mountains and the like. Then, I will go back and watch some of these videos again to get a better grasp on your techniques.
Thanks for great videos.
Bring back David ! Sorry guys but there is only one David 🙂
Like Jerry Smith commented it was interesting to see the ‘semi-finished’ product in the “Ask MRVP” segment — I even went back and stopped the video to look a little closer at things. I have to admit it’s a bit of a ‘disconnect’ to see things are much further along than the how-to videos portray. Is the delay production related, or are you purposefully holding back releasing videos to keep to a predefined schedule?
I would like to take the opportunity to say that my subscription to MRVP is one of the best investments I have ever made and I appreciate the whole crew. I am learning more than I can ever apply (or afford!!). So Kudos to ALL the staff and guests on MRVP.
And, while I’m at it — Merry Christmas to everyone at MR and MRVP. God bless!
Jerry
Interesting to get a glimpse of the completed tunnel and slide sheds on the current episode of “Ask MVRP”.
My comment on mountain heights measured in inches was just an example of how we modelers tend to think in inches and feet for layout building when in fact we are constructing a world in scale feet and inches. For a stationary layout like Kent’s next O gauge layout, scale mountains might work. I do remember David discussing the the layout height limitations in an earlier segment and remember David sawing off layout legs to fit a layout into the van. Thanks.
Sorry Kent, for calling you Ken! My bad!!
Hey, great presentation Kent and Drew! You guys work great as a team and the things I learn watching everyone on MRVP never ceases to amaze me. CC is undoubtedly my favorite layout you’ve built so far, and the most complicated with several new features added that have never been attempted before. Glad to see the layout will have block signals as I was afraid it might be limited to block detection in the hidden staging areas only. This was one of my main points to learn at last month’s Trainfest talking to all the experts at Digitrax, LogicRail and others on how best to use them on my layout. Keep up the great work and moving ‘Onward’!
Looks to me like Drew and Ken are having fun, now!
Perhaps Mr. Drum should consider that there two things that do not scale down: Fire and Water. Might be a good idea to add mountains to the mix. What with the givens for this layout and many others, scale height mountains just won’t work. You gotta fudge them in to give the impression that they go all the way to the sky.
Spot on, Richard! The NMRA gauge is a great tool for approximating how/where to bore our tunnels, but curves definitely add a wrinkle! We’ll double-check our clearance as we build out, and once or twice again when we install any portals. As for height of the mountains, just once I’d love to build up scale mountains! Unfortunately, our trailer ceiling puts a fairly tight lid on the height of our CanCan layout. Maybe scale mountains are in order for my next O scale basement layout, eh? -Kent J., MRVP Assoc. Producer
Good segment Kent and Drew on preliminary foam installation for tunnels and mountains. Just two comments; first, measuring the height of mountains in inches makes cutting easier, but consider the height in scale feet as well, does a 60 feet high “mountain” make sense in the “Canadian Canyons”? Would a 200 feet high mountain be more realistic? Second, using an NMRA gauge for clearance on straight track leading into a tunnel works but beware using that gauge for tunnel entrances on a curve, rolling stock and diesel overhangs can be problematic at those entrances and any tunnel portal structure would probably be sited beyond the ballast line. Thanks.