At least I am not making mountains out of molehills as Mrs. Woody sometimes claims as in this case this is a 4mm to the foot scale hill for my Last Great Project Layout. As with the other bits of scenery on this layout, this hill is not constructed directly to the baseboard but on a sib-base of mounting card. This does mean that I can construct the hill away from the layout and on the relative comfort of my workbench or even on the slightly less comfortable floor! It also means that should I have to move the layout or this particular baseboard in the future I can reduce the weight by taking the hill off.
It all starts with a card base.
Laying it out on the baseboard and taking various measurements the card is cut to the rough shape that the hill will cover and side pieces cut to match the already installed profile boards.
As this was too big to go on the workbench I moved to the floor where The WMD Stores stock of polystyrene was raided to start off the hill construction. Not the cleanest of jobs as when you start cutting polystyrene it breaks down into those small spheres that are electrically static and stick to anything that is close - usually me ending up looking as though I have been through a snow storm! However it is light, easy to cut and cheap - this came from some packing around a Mrs. W purchased item - say no more!
A small start but I am letting the glue, PVA, on these first few parts dry with the sub-base back on the layout before adding anymore. Add to many at once and it can all end in tears as I know from previous hill building adventures! Another case of working smarter not harder as I get older!
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