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MinerFortyNiner
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 Posted - 03/24/2010 : 01:28:21 AM
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I have started some work on scenery for a few areas of the layout:
Here is the Apache Wells yard...first I applied latex paint (I use the discards/returns from the home improvement store to save $$$). Then came the tile grout as groundcover and ballast, with real dirt and fine gravel from the Apache Trail in central Arizona for texture.
Here is the same area after putting down the basic groundcover. The bare trees will eventually get foliage.
The area in the background will feature a row of coke ovens or charcoal kilns, hence the cinders all around. I have a lot of experimentation to do to reproduce the saguaros, ocotillo, cholla, etc. to make the desert come alive...and the backdrop awaits. Still, it beats bare styrofoam!
A friend's 2-6-6-2 tries out the light rail on the E&SG. She makes my tight curves just fine, and the E&SG management is considering acquiring one for its mine trains.
More to come as time permits! |
Edited by - MinerFortyNiner on 12/03/2011 3:23:42 PM |
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LandNnut
Fireman
USA
1495 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 01:31:35 AM
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Looks good nice varied texture.
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dallas_m
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 02:39:33 AM
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| Oooh ... that makes me thirsty! Nice and dry looking ... great coloring and textures ... really starting to give some life and shape to the railroad. Giddyup! [:-cowboy][:-thumbu] |
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CieloVistaRy
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 03:13:10 AM
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Excellent! Very nice. Don't forget the Scenic Express line of desert scenery. Also you may want to refer to Frederick's Arizona diorama for more ideas?
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Cielo Vista Railway (on30) |
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Hopeless
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 07:48:48 AM
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| Great start. Have you ever described the tank car in the foreground anywhere on the forum? I would like to make one. Roland |
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BBLmber
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 08:20:36 AM
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Vern, everything really looks great, you are capturing the desert feel very well.
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quarryman
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 08:25:15 AM
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Originally posted by Hopeless
tank car in the foreground. Roland
And I noticed the cabless locomotive in the same photo. Looks like more than just scenery going on at the E&SG.
Great start on the scenery ... very dusty and dry. [:-hot][:-toast]
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Visit my Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad
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Rick
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 09:30:08 AM
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Mark, nice start on the scenery.
The third picture looks nice and dry and makes me thirsty too.
Nice work. |
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
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Tommatthews
Fireman
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 12:12:10 PM
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Verne,
Great work .... keep those pictures coming.
Geezer and Les would be very proud of the Arti running on your layout ... |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 1:37:05 PM
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Thank you for your comments, I was going for that desert 'dry-mouth' feel.
Roland, the tank car is an HO AHM old time tank car with modified frame, new ladders and dome. The hose is solder, and the valve is from a Walthers piping kit. Trucks are International Hobbies. I have more pics on the Models page of my site, here are a few:
Arthur, thanks for the tip...and Frederick's diorama was beautifully done. I want to try making my own cactus, desert trees, etc.
Mark, thanks...that cabless locomotive is a 4-4-0 that supposedly cracked her frame in a derailment, and is now the steam supply for the Apache Wells pumphouse. A sad ending to an elegant steamer, to be set on a side track. She will get a metal roof over her and an extended stack, and will supply steam to the adjoining stone pump house to keep the water supply flowing. There was a prototype for this arrangement in Saltillo, Mexico. I'll post the photo when I get a chance. Her tender will ride behind a chopped Forney when I get time to do the conversion!
Geezer, with my small layout, that 2-6-6-2 could pull a string of ore cars as long as the main line...chasing the caboose so to speak! It is a sweet runner, and I want one!
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Tom Sullivan
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 5:45:21 PM
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| Verne. Nice work, and like the idea of the coke ovens. The artic is appealing. Wonder how she'd look hauling coal trains on the Gauley River? |
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Hopeless
Fireman
USA
1250 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 7:15:02 PM
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| Verne, Thanks for the photos and description. I will look a tank car to try my own. Roland |
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Neil M
Fireman
Australia
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Posted - 03/25/2010 : 07:15:25 AM
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| The scenery looks really good already. Keep up the good work, just make sure it's not all flat. IMO there should be some small humps and hollows around the place so it doesn't look like the table-top-central. |
Built a waterfront HO layout in Ireland http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22161 but now making a start in On30 in Australia |
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
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Posted - 03/25/2010 : 6:50:08 PM
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The new scenes are very nice, Verne. The desert is beautifully rendered.
Interesting tank car, too.
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