How Do You Add Track To Model Train Layouts?
“I’m here to tell you about making a train diorama in HO scale. This is an overview of the Clement’s house militer, which is actually, had thirteen miles of track in it. We represented track into the round house, into some of the roasting bins and part of the smelter. This track isn’t functional but it gives a good view of what it looked like. Track was laid by the normal process of nailing it down and then laying on ballasts. We used a lot of cinders for the dirt that would be in a smelter area, we have some of the old engines sitting there. Senator Clark’s private car sitting outside against the round house. That’s the original round house which was only three stalls, it is now six stalls, and used by the present Verde Canyon Railroad. There’s a big warehouse building, Miller’s Warehouse, that was the company store for Carpdale when it was a company town until the late 50’s. The smoke stacks you see were actually made out of nailing tubes and painted and just stuck in there and in re
