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Offline mgbeck_98  
#1 Posted : 02 October 2018 06:49:45(UTC)
mgbeck_98

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I'm building a module for a local Euro modelling group and I'm making a little hill with a chapel at the top. What I need is a tutorial on how to make a mountain path up to that chapel.

Anybody have a suggestion?
Offline DaleSchultz  
#2 Posted : 02 October 2018 18:07:07(UTC)
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I cut a 'groove' in the hilside to make a path zig-zag up the slope. I then painted it brown. The route the path takes is what is important. Imagine you are having to walk up the hill, you have to pick a route that is not too steep.

You can see some of it in the first picture at
https://cabin-layout.mixmox.com/2016/01/Distancesignals.html
(click on the small image to get a bigger view)

The path itself is usually bare.
Dale
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My current layout: https://cabin-layout.mixmox.com
Arrival and Departure signs: https://remotesign.mixmox.com
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Offline kiwiAlan  
#3 Posted : 02 October 2018 18:33:20(UTC)
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I would suggest doing what Dale suggests, and then for the path surface doing what was done in the last picture of this post to get a suitable looking path surface that would represent a reasonable walking track.

Offline mgbeck_98  
#4 Posted : 03 October 2018 03:57:34(UTC)
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Well, I remembered to not worry about making a mistake and hacked into the foam and made a path up to the top of my little mountain.

This is the result with uncovered foam. I keep forgetting to allow myself to fail, but I didn't fail..BigGrin

This is the Chapel I'm using:
130243

IMG_1654.jpg
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Offline mgbeck_98  
#5 Posted : 03 October 2018 04:16:19(UTC)
mgbeck_98

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Originally Posted by: mgbeck_98 Go to Quoted Post
Well, I remembered to not worry about making a mistake and hacked into the foam and made a path up to the top of my little mountain.

This is the result with uncovered foam. I keep forgetting to allow myself to fail, but I didn't fail..BigGrin

This is the Chapel I'm using:
130243

IMG_1654.jpg
Offline DaleSchultz  
#6 Posted : 03 October 2018 16:24:45(UTC)
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oh! did you mean a road? I took a path to mean a footpath.
Dale
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Arrival and Departure signs: https://remotesign.mixmox.com
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Offline mgbeck_98  
#7 Posted : 03 October 2018 16:46:42(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: DaleSchultz Go to Quoted Post
oh! did you mean a road? I took a path to mean a footpath.


Well, yeah I did mean a footpath, but I guess I did make a road...
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Offline David Dewar  
#8 Posted : 03 October 2018 21:01:09(UTC)
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Add a fence and some bushes at the sides and you have a footpath. Remember not to make it all one colour. Add weeds and a few small stones etc.
Hope we can see the finished result. Have fun.
Take care I like Marklin and will defend the worlds greatest model rail manufacturer.
Offline Jabez  
#9 Posted : 04 October 2018 02:05:19(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: DaleSchultz Go to Quoted Post
. Imagine you are having to walk up the hill, you have to pick a route that is not too steep.

.

I think the traditional method is to send a mule up first and note the route that it takes.Cool

I heard that lonesome whistle blow. Hank Williams
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Offline DaleSchultz  
#10 Posted : 04 October 2018 03:26:00(UTC)
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in Africa, the elephants picked the ideal gradient over hills, and showed exactly where to build the first roads
Dale
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My current layout: https://cabin-layout.mixmox.com
Arrival and Departure signs: https://remotesign.mixmox.com
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Offline jvuye  
#11 Posted : 04 October 2018 10:48:30(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: mgbeck_98 Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: DaleSchultz Go to Quoted Post
oh! did you mean a road? I took a path to mean a footpath.


Well, yeah I did mean a footpath, but I guess I did make a road...


A road for super-sized humans...Laugh
At least you can drive up there with your motor bike if you so wish! BigGrin

Jacques Vuye aka Dr.Eisenbahn
Once a vandal, learned to be better and had great success!
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