One Does Not Simply Walk into Mordor...

This is for those of you that thought that the rock face looked like Mordor.  I always thought Middle Earth would  make  a neat setting for a Lord of the Rings inspired model railway. They didn't have steam power in Tolkien's world, so you'd have to come up with some other form of motive power. Water powered cable railway maybe?

Here is what the rocks  look like without  Mount Doom. They will lose some contrast when I add the
scenic ground cover.

The bottom photo shows the finished hard shell at Potomac Creek Siding. This corner will be a wooded scene with a trail cutting through it. A long column of soldiers will be marching into the scene here. More on that later.