Comments on: Changing Elevation With Risers https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=changing-elevation-with-risers Model railroads and model trains Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html#comment-56478 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:33:12 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6422#comment-56478 In reply to Raul Olivares.

Looks great!!!

]]> By: phil+johnson https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html#comment-56421 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:14:09 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6422#comment-56421 I used these initially, have since rebuilt the layout w/o them. I used cardboard strips, wadded up paper hot glue to the sides of the foam and then covered with plaster cloth. The plaster cloth was smoothed out along the beveled edge of your roadbed

]]> By: Jim Johnston https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html#comment-56407 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:52:43 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6422#comment-56407 One common thing I try to do is to look to nature. Exagerated hill slope angels are a dead give away. Work the scenery in gradually with longer slopes that you can work back up to your track elevations. Remember, it’s your layout and it will suit your well if you take the time and get it done to please you.

]]> By: Kristopher https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html#comment-56405 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:28:14 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6422#comment-56405 In reply to Raul Olivares.

Very nice Raul!

]]> By: ROBERT SCHWORM https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html#comment-56404 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:08:13 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6422#comment-56404 For covering risers, some modelers simoly use Plaster cloth, and treat i tlike an elevatd embamkment.

The sides can be flared out to form a hillside. Else they can be left with vertical sides and form the base for walls

When working with elevations, be aware that about 2% is the limit on the rise depending on your loco strength and number of cars being pulled. For ever 50 inches in run, a rise of 1 inch is a 2% grade.

When going around curves, the drag on the consist can increase upwards of 25% of pulling load

My advise is to lay the track loosly on the incline and make a few runs under your worst conditions to be sure you can climb it. INCLUDING ANY CURVES.

]]> By: Raul Olivares https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html#comment-56403 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:05:06 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6422#comment-56403 Kristopher, I too elevated for a second track. I used cardboard to cover the risers and then covered the board with the high density foam, the pink or blue one –do not use the white stuff. Carve the foam to your desired look.

]]> By: Ron scannell https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html#comment-56399 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:54:04 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6422#comment-56399 Use pieces of extruded foam (the pink stuff) and butt them against the risers to create scenery

]]> By: David Stokes https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/01/changing-elevation-with-risers.html#comment-56398 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:28:44 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6422#comment-56398 This is where newspaper an hot glue guns come to their own. You can either use crumpled paper to create hills either side of the embankment to make it look like a cutting our rising valley. Cover this with papier mache (newspaper and pva glue) or plaster bandage. and scenic scatter materials and trees

If you want the embankment as a feature, glue retaining walls to the risers using the glue gun, or stick strips of paper to the top of the risers, stretch them to the baseboard and then cover them with the papier mache or bandage.

You could, if in an urban area turn the area into a viaduct using model bridge components.

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