Monday, December 30, 2013

The thin leg takes shape

My TOFC (Trailer on Flat Car) facility is taking shape.  This is the thin leg of the railroad at the entry door to the basement, and is above the previously completed hidden staging - you can see that since the fascia board has been temporarily removed.  The trackwork, roadway base (white foam board), and foam terrain contours are glued in place, and the as yet unpainted yard office and scale house are in place for a fit check.



 
This is a challenging area to make convincing, since it has to be compressed into the available space.  The stub end loading tracks should be much longer, and realistic switching of flatcars in and out of this area won't really be able to happen.  But these are the compromises a modeler faces all the time.  I think it will still make a convincing scene when completed.