Incline walls.
Incline walls.
I am in the process of building a layout with an incline. I have "scrounged" some off-cuts of Eco-Therm insulation which I am using for the incline. My question is: I would like to cover the exposed surface with printed brickwork and wondered what glue I could use to attach the paper to the foam? Have any of you tried this method or any other? I have found that hot glue will stick plywood to the foam so I can secure the inclines to the baseboard.
Thank you for any replies.
John
Thank you for any replies.
John
Re: Incline walls.
I feel normal strength PVA/School/White glue would work fine for this...
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Station Platforms around 1900
What was the most common surface used for station platforms around 1900. My layout is based in the north of England / Scotland. (West coast line) I was thinking stone slabs. But not too sure.
Sandy
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Re: Incline walls.
Hi,
On my layout I have fitted a retaining wall to my inclines, which I made by joining two pieces of underfloor insulation and then stepped down the slope with a fixed height over the rails so when trimmed the wall descends with the incline but retains a constant buttress height - easier to see in the pictures than explain in text. This gives a nice flat smooth surface to then cover with brick / stone papers etc.
I glued stone effect embossed wallpaper ( sourced on Ebay from Greek guy ( User Name : Starboc1)) using Rocket card glue........easy to apply and any seams or gaps can be hidden with scenic scatter / foilage etc.
The two images show an early stage without scenic effects and the second shows the finished article - LOL, it is never finished !
Hope this helps
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/CdqgsjHk/51828061897-6947a4f98f-h.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/mzTm1Wwm/IMG-0246-Edit.jpg)
On my layout I have fitted a retaining wall to my inclines, which I made by joining two pieces of underfloor insulation and then stepped down the slope with a fixed height over the rails so when trimmed the wall descends with the incline but retains a constant buttress height - easier to see in the pictures than explain in text. This gives a nice flat smooth surface to then cover with brick / stone papers etc.
I glued stone effect embossed wallpaper ( sourced on Ebay from Greek guy ( User Name : Starboc1)) using Rocket card glue........easy to apply and any seams or gaps can be hidden with scenic scatter / foilage etc.
The two images show an early stage without scenic effects and the second shows the finished article - LOL, it is never finished !
Hope this helps
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/CdqgsjHk/51828061897-6947a4f98f-h.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/mzTm1Wwm/IMG-0246-Edit.jpg)
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Re: Incline walls.
The retaining wall question was in June, Sandy wants to know about platforms. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
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Re: Incline walls.
Oops…… never noticed the date on the original posting as it was the first time I had seen it……. No harm done and perhaps the info might be useful to somebody else.
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Re: Incline walls.
Thanks for the advice Brian.Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 3:11 pm This is a picture of Crew in 1900. You can make out the slabs (just about)
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