In the early stages after I decided the track configuration, I used cut styrofoam as track support. I was saving peices of styrofoam for two years.

Here you get a better look at the support structure under the track

To the right in this photo you can see the newspaper wads I used to fill the space between and under the track.

The newspaper becomes the foundation for the plaster cloth. When the plaster dries, it's a great working surface.

Close up under the track shot.

As I neared the end of construction in this corner, I started to cast plaster rocks to form the cliff facing at the bottom of the hill.

This is the beginning of the bridge section that traverses the end of a lake that ends trackside.

You can see in the back on the right the beginning of my hill top. I had to move it to the left so I could continue to access my curcuit breaker box.

You can see where I've set up the bridges for spacing purposes, prior to painting in the lake bed and doing the concrete retaining wall.

This is a concrete retaining wall under the 2nd and 3rd bridge.