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andykins
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 Posted - 07/27/2011 : 04:31:03 AM
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thanks martin i'll have to keep my eye out, but i may leave it till i get back from antwerp.
thanks bill, trees are fun to make and if you are careful will cost you nothing (i had the wire, i had the tilegrout, i had the scatter and i had the paint) and they are a nice way to kill a few hours |
"Is it really "rivet counting" if it's regarding NBW castings?"
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andykins
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/29/2011 : 11:33:23 AM
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so. a little progress today.
the town now has a sky. and a name.
i found a website yesterday just for the names of citys and towns, including towns with a population under 1000 (i think it was 1000) anyway clicked up iowa, found some very nice names like gravity, but i took note of a few smaller ones i liked, and the last parts of the few double barreled names and in the end chose stout oak, not only dose it sound right, it kinda makes sence with the layout sinc ei have that big old white oak thats a bit shorter. (plus i like stout...)
and onto the sky.
not much to report with the lineing paper, but ive been gearing up for the photographic backscene for about a week, i brought some good spray glue (3m, whitch is permiment after 2 hours so ideal for this kinda thing) and spent some time figureing out where to put stuff, and just what part of the backscene i wanted on the backboard, out went the cat, and out came the glue, and i spent about an hour on all 3 boards, leftt hem to set, then came back, scord all the edges and with PVA glued back the little flaps, i deseded to go with dullcote as a protetvie coat sinc ei already had a can and i couldnt find krylon anywhere in the uk, so on with that (while the cat was scratching at the french door(from the outside of coarse) then screwed back into place. im quite chuffed with it. 1st time ive ever used a photographic backscene, and being such a large a key area to the layout i didnt want to cock it up. so thanks to everyone who has lended their advice. here it is
(sorry the photos are a bit naff, taken on my phone
the sad part now. i wont be doing "to much" to the layout before i got to belgium for a week, partly because the next major job is to purchase a grassmaster and try it out (and maybe see if i still get headaches from them :P) and i cant afford that right now, i'll be able to do a few little jobs and i plan on weathering alot of friends HO stock too so i'll have something to tick over with. |
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milocomarty
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Geezer
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andykins
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/30/2011 : 04:44:37 AM
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| thanks guys, its getting there :P |
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andykins
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/30/2011 : 11:27:21 AM
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i saw this in an old old british mag, basicly the guy used plastic trees and added bits of seamoss on the ends and made a really really nice winter tree, i liked the idea since it looks more like smaller branches, rather then a mishmash of fibers that we can get away with when covered in leaves/foam, but i wanted to try it anyway, even though tis going to be partly covered, i was making another tree out of some seamoas so i sorted out some bits and painted them at the same time and started super glueing them to the tree, it took AGES, it was only after 2 hours of sticking bits on did my father say that we had some exelrant.... oh well, i think it looks good, not in a hurry to go it again though.
at this rate i'll be bald and grey at 30 |
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milocomarty
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pastor_t
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/30/2011 : 12:22:44 PM
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Andy,
The tree is superb - and your layout deserves trees like this. It's not like you need hundreds of them!! |
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andykins
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/30/2011 : 12:38:21 PM
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thanks guys!
pastor, yeah, the "main" tree is the ganrly oak to hide the corner of the backscene and the entrance to the fiddle yard, this one just brings the scene to an end by the fraight shed got another smaller slender tree to put near the garge because i think it needs hight down there.(just a "normal" slender tree made from two bits of seamoss, nothing fancy at all i didnt want to make anything that sticks out to much/far) plus in o scale (and when you have a layout only a foot wide) i think it helps to do stuff like this, the oak will be different though, the oak leaves i want to use already come on a fiber type thing, depending how it looks when i get around to ordering it (from down under. from our own Ian) i may or may not add some more fibers, but i'll also be ordering loose oak leaves to fill any gaps/put over some other fibers etc so thats 4 trees, one to hide one 90' the big oak to hide the other and the fiddle yard entrance, one to end the scene, and another to give so hight. (think i might over think these things sometimes)
also looked up a few other plants that can be found in iowa (wild flowers/vines etc) just need to figure out when they flower (you'd think wiki would say such things) all look quite easy to make/ modify from ready made stuff. |
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anubis51
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Posted - 07/30/2011 : 6:03:32 PM
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Hi Andy,
Gorgeous tree!!
It's a bit of a pity really, that you have to cover up such delicate work with 'greenery'...
As ever, your skills are inspirational![:-bouncy]
Good onya, mate.
John.
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Tom Sullivan
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USA
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Posted - 07/30/2011 : 6:12:57 PM
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Andy, beautiful tree structure! I would be very careful NOT to add too much of what you are planning to use in the next step.....you have a really nice truck, main and secondary limbs and enough light branch struture already so that you only need a very light sprinkling of "leaves" to really finish it off. Perhaps you can round up some of the individual leaves that are available and use heavy hair spray etc.
I know you'll really have a "knock out" tree when you are finished.....sully |
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andykins
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/31/2011 : 06:54:00 AM
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thanks for the nice comments guys.
tom, i was thinking about using my redbush tea leaves-leaves, they look more like the colour of leaves you see when a tree is almost bare. so i think thats what i shall do here.
thanks again guys! |
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mabloodhound
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Posted - 07/31/2011 : 10:11:45 AM
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The tea leaves are a good idea. Oak trees tend to hold some of their leaves through the winter and the reddish brown color should be pretty close.
What I want to know, is how are the fish? It seems they got blocked in by the back scene. |
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andykins
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United Kingdom
3951 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2011 : 12:10:41 PM
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| hehehe the fish are good :P they have thair own backscene :P we have a few cat fish and some other bits, but we have a handful of shrimps (not for eating :P) everythings pretty hardy infact we have one large yellow thing (not very good with fish) that pokes its head out of his log and watches us, if its not eating dinner its me working on something :P |
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Geezer
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numpty's creek narrow gauge RR
