Yesterday you saw how i got the foam blocks in place that would support the WSOR mainline. Big square blocks don’t really conform to nature so I will need to add the embankment slope.

To do that I used a hot wire foam cutter to take about a 45 degree angle from the base to the top of the sides of each foam block.

I didn’t try to be too even as one its really hard to do free hand along a 4ft length of foam and his whole area will get covered in sculptamold before any scenery goes down here.

Carrying on from the first image in this one you can see that the profile has been cut into both sides of the foam block to form the embankment.

At the southern end of the yard I added a 2% grade, this is just for variety really but there are full trains that will need to negotiate this incline to access the WSOR Milwaukee sub during op sessions so I wanted the slope to be more gentle as this will be more than just dropping a few cars into or out of the yard as at the Northern End. In real life because of the grade crossing just north of the yard most switching and interchange is done at this southern end.

The raised WSOR mainline continues around the corner onto the next section of modules before the grade brings it down to level again with the CN before Rugby Junction. The highway overpass will cross the module about level with the leg seen to the left of the picture.

So now we await the arrival of a few bags of sculptamold and we will get this scene progressed.

Here finally is a complete overview of Ackerville with its base foam just placed onto the module tops. This will be a signature scene on the layout I am lucky to have such a long aisle in which to place it. Crews here will have plenty of room to complete their work.

Well its Friday so grab yoursleves a wobby pop or soft beverage of your choice and head back to your workbenches.