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All I can say is bee-you-tee-full, and I should have put that in capital letters.
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Thanks guys
A few more photos from the show. I don't usually get the opportunity to photograph the layout from above.
The fiddle yards in action, including some of the hurriedly-completed cabooses I knocked together for the show
Jon
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WoW..!! I'm sure that whatever compliments you received fell short...
That is the most beautidul rendering of a railroad I've ever seen...And I've seen a lot..!!
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....and let me tell you, the photos are good, but it needs to be seen in real life to be fully appreciated - it really is a work of art
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Always a delight to see this layout evolve... I can only agree with Steamtrains statement!
BTW, youtr ballast work on the industry yard is pure art. Very inspiring.
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Really great looking layout. In the photo below, who makes the figures you have on your cabooses? I've been trying to find a diesel locomotive crew but all I can really find are low quality "engineers" with their hands in their lap with no real actions.
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Jon beautiful layout! The scenery is stunning! And I am in love with the small cement plant, the detail and weathering on it is very nice!
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Tom Lehrer, once wrote, " The key to success in Mathematics can be summed up in one word - - -Plagiarize" !!
- - - - only, please, always to call it , "research".
If I were to apply that concept to scenery, it would be yours that I would copy.
Natural sunlight doesn't hurt either !
"Home Alabama" is definitely "Sweet" !!
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We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
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Sumpter250 Wrote:I'm still working on perfecting a building technique for those. The top of the tree looks good enough, but I still need to figure out a way to more correctly model the hanging branches. They are still a bit too "heavy".
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Looks spot on to me, especially as so many trees have creepers hanging from them in the warm south. My willows were bought rather than made. I'm not sure if it was in the MRC range of trees or if it was made by one of the many small tree-making companies over here in the UK.
The construction looks to be from twisted wire for the trunk and the thin wire separates and is curved over to get the shape. Adhesive was added to the wire branches and foliage scatter sprinkled on to the wet glue.
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This is it, right?
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Paulman Wrote:This is it, right?
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That's the one. I spent a packet at his stand during Hartlepool show, especially on his new fir trees - I can't make realistic-looking firs
Jon