Trying to Finish Tunnel Interior

That's a lot of detail for a tunnel interior.  Will the side be open so you can see into the tunnel?

Wow!  I won't be showing off the inside of my tunnel.  Very, Very Nice Work Joe!!!!

@coach joe posted:

That's a lot of detail for a tunnel interior.  Will the side be open so you can see into the tunnel?

Nope, just something I wanted to do on permanent layout.

Joe

Joe's interior is really nice.

Not to hi-jack the thread, but for a different kind of tunnel interior, take some heavy-duty aluminum foil (not the thinner, regular foil) and cut a strip a little larger than the dimensions (length and height) of each side of the tunnel interior and crumple them up into a loose ball - not too tight.

Uncurl and straighten them out flat and then spray lightly with flat black paint so that a little of the "silver" still shows through. Then glue each strip to the interior sides of the tunnel - hot glue works well.

The effect when an engine comes through with lights on is very nice.

@Richie C. posted:

Joe's interior is really nice.

Not to hi-jack the thread, but for a different kind of tunnel interior, take some heavy-duty aluminum foil (not the thinner, regular foil) and cut a strip a little larger than the dimensions (length and height) of each side of the tunnel interior and crumple them up into a loose ball - not too tight.

Uncurl and straighten them out flat and then spray lightly with flat black paint so that a little of the "silver" still shows through. Then glue each strip to the interior sides of the tunnel - hot glue works well.

The effect when an engine comes through with lights on is very nice.

Cool!

Joeg

@Richie C. posted:

Joe's interior is really nice.

Not to hi-jack the thread, but for a different kind of tunnel interior, take some heavy-duty aluminum foil (not the thinner, regular foil) and cut a strip a little larger than the dimensions (length and height) of each side of the tunnel interior and crumple them up into a loose ball - not too tight.

Uncurl and straighten them out flat and then spray lightly with flat black paint so that a little of the "silver" still shows through. Then glue each strip to the interior sides of the tunnel - hot glue works well.

The effect when an engine comes through with lights on is very nice.

I use the same crumple up technique but with 15 lb. roofing tar paper.  Cut out what size you need crumple it up and then stand on it .  Un crumple and use staples to attach to the side.  Simple easy.  

Joe!  Nice work!

It will be very rewarding...if not spectacular!...should you create a 'riding-the-rails' video around your layout.  Those ubiquitous tunnels on our layouts are like the fully detailed underbodies of rail cars: Usually out of sight, out of mind.  UNTIL a small camera is placed on a leading car for an engineer's view of a trip around the layout!!  Then you wish you'd done a neater job on your benchwork, terrain supports, wiring, etc., and periodically disrupted the habitation of web-loving creepy-crawlys!!! 

Ah, well, you're having fun and finding your own happiness, right??

Fantastic work! I have used sheet cork on the underside of viaduct structures. It does not have the masonry block detail, but looks more like a stucco/cast in place finish when painted.

Thanks everyone, yesterday afternoon was spent soldering wires to track,  ballasting back corner around access hole, rock formations, and big foot. Little by little.

Joe Gozzo