Well we moved a little further along today, just need to complete the center of the tracks. Build a few dozen(read hundreds) trees and ballast.



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And the construction contiues.....not sure how my time in the basement is so forthcoming lately......maybe the boss forgot I am down here :hey:
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And we continue with gluing down more risers. Maybe later I can even get some roadbed glued down.
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WOW! Those hills look great!! Keep up the great work

I think it looked good before (darker), but now, it looks really good. Have you ever seen the Woodland Scenics tutorial on coloring Hydrocal rocks?

Well still plugging away at it, Making trees, looooooooooooooooots of trees. These are some of the 40 or so trees i made tonight for the front section of the layout where you can easily tell the difference between a toothpick with a ball of foliage on it and these. The bases will be removed before planting and some different stains will be applied to the trunks just before planting.

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I will snap some shots once they are planted.

Well I stuck a few in to see how it would look.

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TW,What size trees did you use?

Great progress - look forward to more!

Brakie Wrote:TW,What size trees did you use?

There the Woodland Scenics 3/4" to 2" bag.

Here's a tip I once used to fool my friends and family:

Plant as many more trunks as you have already trees, but behind and among the trees already there. This will increase the size of your forest greatly. I was planting on a ridge line and just stuck a dozen twigs in the hillside, followed by as many actual trees. My friend wondered how I had managed to make so many trees so quickly, and was impressed when I pulled a few of the real trees out to reveal the trunks.

In your case against a backdrop you could even just paint an area as high as the forest a darker color with a few trunks painted on and a few twigs planted infront for an effective illusion.

Looks great!

Galen

Well tonight we made a little more progress.

First I started to plaster the hills around the mine.
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And started to get ballast into this area.
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Looking really good..!!
Is that the tunnel you so often refer to..??

Yup seen it a few times.