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mwarfel
06-26-2009, 10:35 PM
I scratch-built it with the cheap balsa wood from HT.
http://forum.ogauge.org/picture.php?albumid=4&pictureid=59
http://forum.ogauge.org/picture.php?albumid=4&pictureid=58
ericstrains
06-26-2009, 11:26 PM
I can't really tell from the photo, but what I've done in similar applications is to scribe little black lines into the balsa and then it looks like individual boards in the wall. If you scribe the lines with a black ball point pen, you kill 2 birds with one stone. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about from my old layout...
http://ericstrains.com/images/layout_33.jpg
-Eric
rsedgley
06-27-2009, 01:04 PM
Nice Work Max! keep it up.
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