Foss Landing is an exercise to include what impresses us most in some layouts: mountains, impressive trestles carrying hi-line trains, waterfall, small fishing village with boats and a quay onto a river. To that end our story is that trams (modified Backmann HO San Francisco cable cars) run through the mountains to connect up with Stump City. These operate automatically in sequence, one of a fleet of three. The high-line locos run around the coast up in the mountains.
Unlike our previous layout Stump City, a new form of construction has been attempted. Solid styroform and liquid foam have been used extensively in the construction, both for lightness and considerable strength, these types of foam being almost indestructible. The track has been laid on plywood, adhered to the foam with suitable glue.
A Mattel crossing the high trestle General shot
The Village friendly house Another view of the village
The building of Foss using Styrofoam The harbour dredger at work
A general shot across the layout A goose onthe highline
the tramway being HOn30 ( 9mm) track the buildings and scenery are to a scale of 3.5mm to the foot.
The ply frame taking shape The Woodcutters shack
Stump City is fully booked for 2007 but we have a few dates still available in 2008 Our NEW LAYOUT Foss Landing a multi layer Dock and Mountain scene is now fully booked for 2007 with just a few date open in 2008. E-Mail
Links of interest.
Britannia Creek Logging Company
Click this link to view a 10 minute video of Stump City
Click on this link to view a 8 minute video of Foss Landing
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