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Looking to add a detailed rock face in a space that’s tall, narrow, and situated along a curved track section? In this episode of the N scale Canadian Canyons Series, Kent Johnson shows he’s up to the challenge as he demonstrates how to use flexible foam and rubber products to model rocks formations in a craggy canyon.
Michael,
Sharp eyes! That is an NCE BD20 block detector. Detection circuits are for the signaling system we are currently working on
I used BD20s as an experiment to see if I could get them to work with Digitrax boards, in this case the SE8C. They work wonderfully, but the wiring is a little different. I hope to cover that in an upcoming video. Thanks for the question.
Benjamin Lake
Associate Editor, MRVP
Looks a lot better in the final shots than it appeared at the first.
Wouldn’t the foam rock cut better with scissors?
Great work Kent. I wasn’t convinced about using the foam rocks cut up in sections until you blended them together with the Sculptamold, then it worked nicely. Looks good. Thanks for the tips.
At around 06:26 into the video some of the wiring is exposed showing what looks like a ferrite toroid with three or four loops of red wire wrapped round it. Why has it been necessary to do this?
Does your wife know you swiped a steak knife from the kitchen? Great lesson on rock forming!
Today, March 30th 2018, we know that this layout is basically complete. So any and all videos showing construction, must be done, by now. However, why is there sometimes weeks that go by without a new video coming out?
Great Job Kent, I’m starting to understand why foam has become so popular! Interesting that you have shown one way of how to use the Cripple Bush and Mountains in minutes products. Where is Drew, lately?
I’ll be interested to see how the painting goes. My experience with differing materials has been when painting the rocks the individual materials react differently with the paint. This can make obvious where you’ve attempted to blend together the various pieces.
Thanks Kent for showing us new techniques with these products. Sure not the way I would have tackled this portion of the layout, but I’m always wanting to learn how to incorporate new products to make a more realistic scene. Onward!
pretty cool stuff. nice work on the blending of the soft foam, and the Sculptamold.