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I have been working on a few trees recently and am now ready to plant them. however I needed to add some grass and forest floor before I could plant the trees.
The area I chose to treat first was the small hillock to the left of the silos, being only a couple of feet long by 5 inches deep. The first task was to bed the silos into the scenery with 'Das' modelling clay.
I also made a couple of retaining walls using 'Wills' random stone sheet, to represent the road access to the loading area behind the silos. I also covered the clay with Woodland Scenics 'earth blend'
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Once the silos had been bedded in and the track inside the shed ballasted, I added a few mud landslips from the Das modelling clay which, when dry, resembles the colour of Alabama clay.
I also tore up various Silflor grass mats and glued them to the sub-base in small patches, varying the colours as I went. The next job will be to blend in some forest ground cover before adding some bushes and trees.
Now, fetch me a shrubbery....Ni!
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That is looking just great..!! Terrific scenicking... And those box cars are really awesome...
Gotta luv it...
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Thanks Gus
I added some forest floor scatter, weeds, bushes and some dead trees to the grassy hill. The scene is starting to come together.
Next job will be to plant some trees.
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Jon,
Very Nice Work!!!
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As always, beautiful work! Looks very realistic - and it is always an inspiration to see how you get from point A to point B.
Mmm - those Wills random stone sheets looks really interesting - time to go a-googling :-)
Smile,
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Taking the bull by the horns, I am going to jump straight to the next board that butts-up to the area just forested. It is only 21in x 15in but includes 2 roads, a bridge and a stone loading platform.
The first photo shows the board from the back - the backscene will cover the white area
The next photos show the part of the board that joins onto the area just next to the silos - just visible are the brass aligning dowels.
These photos show the whole area to be scenicked - the wood bridge will sit at the far end, as a view block for the hole through the backscene into the as-yet unbuilt fiddle yard
The last photo shows the front of the board (maroon) and the stone loading dock
Now to lay some tarmac
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The trees and bushes and grass look really good with all the varied textures. I'm sure I will be reviewing your work when it comes time to do some greenery on my layout. Thanks for sharing your work and photos with us, gives me something to aspire to.
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I added a dirt/gravel access road using torn up pieces of Silflor scenic matting, glued down with household glue. I had earlier added some DAS modelling clay to simulate bare patches, but these seem to have been covered up
I'll continue with the grass until the area is covered, then add some bushes and weeds. The bridge has only been added temporarily, as it is easier to work without it in place.
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Jon Grant 4472 Wrote:Now, fetch me a shrubbery....Ni!
Love Monty Python...! Did Eric the Shrubber supply the bushes?
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Eric's been working overtime it appears. Nice work.
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Into June, and the work on Sweethome Alabama begins again, after a short hiatus while Sweethome Chicago was prepped for exhibiting a couple of weeks ago.
I chose the area just to the right of the silos for treatment, to continue the scenic progress along the back of the layout from left to right. So far, Silflor scenic matting has been glued to the hill base and loose leaves have been glued in place.
Jon