Madera Heights Uptown Area almost done!

looks great! same with all of your stuff! thanks for sharing

Hey Alex....am I going to have to expand my city to keep up with you!!??? Hey it is looking good. What is the stone wall made of...is that printed or????

Alan

Thanks, guys!

Alan,
That is a sheet from Michael's. I appears to be rubber, about 1/16" thick, and the rocks are not printed, but sort of embossed. I painted it to look more real (I think). The only issue I had with it was gluing it to the pink foam. I tried several adhesives, and the one that worked best was 3M Super 77, which I sprayed to both sides and waited a few minutes before assembly. It held fine initially, but after a day, a few spots came loose. So I added a small sheet-metal screw (Atlas track screws) at these spots, painted the heads gray, and so far so good. I have yet to attach the inclined road side.

Thanks for looking!

Alex

Very nice!

Good stuff!

John

Alex that town looks great.
As usual, just professional.

THANKS FOR POSTING ALEX

Alex...I like those sheets you speak of....what are their measurements and do they come in other patterns that would look like rock, brick, cut stone, etc.??

Thanks,
Alan

Alan,

That roll was 18" x 48". The rock pattern as I used was the only one available there. They have other patterns, such as bricks, in smaller rolls. I bought that just before Christmas and it was cheap enough to try. It worked fine.

Thanks!

Alex

PS.
I believe that if I had had a smoother 'pink foam' surface throughout the sides where the rock sheet is, the 3M 77 would have held fine. It is still OK in most places, and I think that where it came loose was where I failed to even and smooth out the cut foam edge.

Well done!

Peter

Alex,

I found that 220 drywall sanding screen on a sanding block does wonders on the edges of Pink Foam. Comes out very smooth.

Ted