I painted the backdrop with an old sky blue housepaint that we bought 20 years ago and never used because the blue did not suit our room. I rarely through anything out, so glad I didn't. After 20 years, it needed stirring for a long time to get smooth, but it worked. Painting was not that easy - trying to get a gradient from white on the bottom to blue on the top. It ended up more one color and the top is not as blue as I hoped, but we'll see. I made a few clouds - not too much, again I may add more later. I plan to add buildings, roads etc at the bottom.At the yard throat, leaving the yard, the track starts to incline up, and turn to the right slightly, then it crosses a ravine using a truss bridge. I bought a double track truss bridge, because even though the track is single track, it will have a slight curve across the bridge, so needs the width to accommodate the curve.
The ravine construction consists of a 1" foam piece glued to the framework underneath.
This will be the river bed, and I marked and carved out the river bed from the foam. I will be painting and glueing rocks etc in the river bed, then adding a piece of glass on top for the water surface.
On top of the glass, I will add fake water resin for a texture, but still allowing you to see the river bed below in 3D.Next steps will be to lay the trackbed for the track crossing the river.
