I just finished installing Woodland Scenic risers on my layout. Before I put down my roadbed I want to fill in the zig zag gaps at the top of the risers. I know that many posters have used plaster cloth draped over the risers. Has anyone ever used spackle or joint compound to cover the gaps. I was going to try light weight joint compound spread accross the tops before before laying the roadbed.
I have always used plaster cloth with fairly good success. Woodland Scenics makes “Foam Putty” which they say dries to the same characteristics as foam. I have not used this product so I can’t comment on it’s effectiveness, but this might be something to try. It’s $8 or $9 a pint so it would get expensive if you are doing a large area.
Thanks, Dan
I found that plaster cloth is an easy and cheaper way to cover risers/inclines.
I tried using spackle and used a lot of it and basically got no where. It turns out to be a lot of space that needs to be filled. Now I’ve found it much easier and economical to just cover the void with plaster cloth.
I stuff the gaps with wedges of foam, than file or sand them down even to the top of the risers, than cover them with p;aster cloth.
Sam
I use plaster cloth. I have used duct tape deep inside tunnels where there is no terrain, but since I have to build terrain adjacent to the risers anyway, the plaster cloth draped across the riser and then on to the terrain just seems more practical.
Another option: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGS50HLWqEo&feature=related
It’s a two part video, this is part 1.
-Ed
Another plaster cloth vote here too. [Y]
I have used plaster cloth, but on a recent revision, I used… nothing. You can glue your roadbed right to the risers. Then you can put plaster cloth right up to the edge of the roadbed and fill any gaps left with either spackle, foam putty (which works very well, especially for patching gaps in my foam board backdrops), or even casting plaster.