Very nice!

Looking good Don!

The next giant step, I thought the small, flat hill in the corner would make a good grazing pasture.

This is the area I'm talking about:

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I changed the background by adding a run-down farmhouse and barn. I made the backdrop from several separate pictures, then added the trees. I printed the picture on thin paper, then cut away the sky.

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Here's the overall view. I decided that the grass should be brown since the farm is neglected. There are a few cows hanging around since the land is leased from the government and it stipulates that they have to have cows grazing otherwise they'll loose the one-dollar per acre land lease.

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Big improvement, Don.

Wayne

Nice!!!

It's a perfect fit for that space, very nicely done!

I had many a sleepless night concerned about taking those walls out, even though I agreed that things turned out better the way it is, but something inside of me said that I needed a wall there somewhere. I had the right end of the hill tapering down to ground level but I didn't like the way it looked and figured I needed more real estate for whatever I plan on putting in that area, so I had a lightbulb moment.... Cut the hill down and hold it back with.... a wall. I made the wall out of scraps of what I found in my "wall" bin and the rockwork seemed to match OK. The big thing is that I recovered about 36 square inches of level space, or around 6,400 square feet in N scale, enough for a good sized building. Oh, I did add some neatly trimmed bushes along the bottom of the wall until I figure what to do there as well as to keep the city from complaining about a half-finished project.

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Oh no ! Not the wall again !!!

Just kidding, the wall does make sense there and is looking good.

Tyson Rayles Wrote:Oh no ! Not the wall again !!!

Just kidding, the wall does make sense there and is looking good.

Wasn't that an episode of the Twilight Zone a few years ago????? hock: Something about the wall that wouldn't go away........

Oh, and thanks, I appreciate that... Ahh, no more sleepless nights.

ezdays Wrote:Wasn't that an episode of the Twilight Zone a few years ago????? hock: Something about the wall that wouldn't go away........

That was: Night of the living wall.. --- I think :evil:

ezdays Wrote:Oh, and thanks, I appreciate that... Ahh, no more sleepless nights.

.......... until the next major catastrophy

It does look like it belongs there!!!

Any "wall" that makes room for another "industry" for the Railroad to service.......is a good wall !
And - - -that one even "looks" good ! Waiting to see what you put into the available real estate.

Sumpter250 Wrote: Any "wall" that makes room for another "industry" for the Railroad to service.......is a good wall !
And - - -that one even "looks" good ! Waiting to see what you put into the available real estate.

I was thinking that for now, a FOR SALE sign (ie: "available real estate") would be appropriate to put there.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Okey dokey, I'm to the point that I'm going to declare this challenge finished. There's a lot more to work on as far as the rest of the layout, but I think I've accomplished what I said I would. Here are some of the results:

I added details to the hill below the pasture and roadbed:
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I extended the area between the hills and added trees and other greenery:
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I added talus and other details to the bottom of the hill:
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More details added as well as finishing off the roadbed:
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And one overall shot:
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