Hi!
I´m new here, and from Sweden, so don´t get mad at my spelling, please…
A question, i´m thinking of building a small module of a railroad in a like rocky and desert climate, like Grand Canyon-likely. Hope someone can give me a clue how to build deserts/rocks in the smartest way, and where i US do you have that sort of nature? In the Southern? Witch railroad company should I have? hope someone can understand my bad spelling and would anwser my kind of stuppid quistion!
Are you able to contact Model Railroader Magazine and ask to get ahold of Pelle Soeborg, a modeler of the scenery in which you are interested? Or, get ahold of March and July editions of the magazine; he describes his stuff there.
I wanted to welcome you to the forums. First off, there are no stupid questions here. That is what this forum is for. Second, your spelling is fine. It is no worse than others that I have seen out there. Unfortunately, I can’t help you, but you have definately come to the right place. Again welcome!!!
I also like this kind of scenery. I’m going for D&RGW. Lots of mountains, tunnels, deserts and things like that. My suggestion for railroad company is Rio Grande, Union Pacific, Santa Fe. Just a suggestion.
Welcome to the forum. I am expermenting with extruded foam, shaping the rocks and cliffs directly in the foam and painting it with artist acrylics. I have a hot wire cutter that I hope will shape things. My prototype is Yellowstone Canyon. There is a long learning curve but I am having a good time and the early stuff looks OK. It makes a mess but it cleans up nicely with a shop vac. The mag, Arizona Hyways will give good pictures/
Welcome to the forum, and like everyone else, I suggest that you get ahold of Mr. Soeborg’s articles. You mentioned the type of area around the Grand Canyon, which is in Northern Arizona. There is a magazine called ARIZONA HIGHWAYS that would have very useful information on that type of country, you might check at a bookstore and see if the magazine is available in Sweden. Northern Arizona is high plateau country, formed from mostly sedimentary rock, and the colors are quite vivid–generally in the red/orange/yellow hues. There are also volcanic mountain ranges (the San Francisco Peaks) and both desert brush and high-country evergreens. The Santa Fe (BNSF)railroad runs through that area–the average elevation is quite high (7000 feet above sea level) and some of the area recieves quite a bit of snow during the winter months.
It’s extremely varied, topographically, and will make for some very interesting modeling.
Again, welcome to the forum.
Tom [#welcome]
I can say the desert landscapes can be found mostly in New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah, and Nevada, all of which is in the southwestern U.S. There are other states but these are the ones that first come to mind when you say desert. I agree that Arizona Highways would be a good magazine to see photos.
