In this episode covering the HO scale (1:87.1) East Troy Industrial Park project layout, the construction crew dives into adding scenery and details. They first demonstrate techniques for shaping and smoothing scenes representative of rolling Wisconsin terrain. And then you’ll see the process for adding a grade crossing where the road meets the rails.
Be sure to keep up with the construction progress by linking into the Trains.com Workshop Webcam (available 24/7), and the full series of helpful, instructional videos rolling out every month until the effort concludes. Even then, the fun will continue in frequent Trains.com articles/updates and Model Railroader print features, beginning with the January 2026 issue. You won’t want to miss the Expert Tips and Techniques the crew will share with you along the way, as they have a bit of fun bringing the ETIP into fruition!
This series is the best I’ve ever seen. It’s really great that David tell us what tools to use and what not to do. From day one, this series incredibly helpful. Thank you David and crew.
Can you not just use your hands to press on the Sculptamold? Seems simpler and easier to spread 9ver highs and lows.
Sponging off the abutment is fine, why not just mask it? Everyone has their technique that works, would also prevent the brown overspray you applied.
Now that the plaster is dry this time to sand it down and paint it brown.
When will you have episodes dealing with the other end of the railroad, where all the industries are? And it’s time for an updated track plan showing all the changes from the original.