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Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-11-2016

I am on my way to rework the layout from urban to a modest rural scenery may be a suburb but not downtown anymore. This two green patches are the starting point.

This large collection of industrial photos http://www.flickriver.com/groups/1408456@N24/pool/interesting/ got my attention (posted on RMweb some time ago). Especially the CSX switcher around Jacksonville, FL looks very interesting to me. Anyhow I will stay in the freelance track and use it for inspiration only.

[Image: 23685665984_b971735184_c.jpg]IMG_4665 by faraway52, auf Flickr
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and a new backdrop too (with the usual unsatisfactory results... Sad )
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First street running is reduced and will be reduced more in the future and blank spots get a green basic cover
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And finally removing the road in the center of the layout. The left hand industry is at the rear side not road connected anymore and the residual paved area will become a team track. The center area is planned as green wasteland.
[Image: 24215052812_b394e31a36_c.jpg]IMG_4676 by faraway52, auf Flickr

The right hand industry (placeholder vertical red container) will utilize the paved area with immediate track access as its industry backyard. It will be somewhat tricky due to some through traffic when the center end left hand industries are rail served.
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It was a good day to kickoff the next rebuild Big Grin

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - Twist - 01-12-2016

Hi,
looking good. Do you plan to add some trees in front of the backdrop for a better transition from the layout to the backdrop photos ?

Regards,Chris

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-12-2016

Hi, yes there will be trees and shrubs and some more areas will be updated. e.g. all cobblestone areas need to become either asphalt, concrete or green.

ps. Just got a parcel full of evergreen strips from <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.architekturbedarf.de">https://www.architekturbedarf.de</a><!-- m -->. They have a large selection and ship fast. Just in case there is no local supply or as hard to reach as my next shop downtown Stuttgart (Bastlerzentrale).

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - MLW - 01-12-2016

I really like your backdrop, the scenery, the road that joins in the backdrop and the buildings.
Well done Applause Applause

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-13-2016

The central wasteland after it's first vacuum.
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Re: Freelance 2016-1 - modelsof1900 - 01-13-2016

Reinhard,
I'm looking forward to next big change of your layout. Wish you success - and many new pictures to us!

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-13-2016

Thanks a lot for the nice comments. It is great fun to switch from a bricks to green dominated layout.

Stepping one foot to the right. The wasteland expands, two more none rail served background structures are built.
The ballast was done today, ground cover is planned for tomorrow and the grass will come the day after tomorrow. Working the ground is great for a retiree. 24 minutes working followed by 24 hours waiting for the glue to set 357

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Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-14-2016

Great weather to grow grass.
Going to rework cobblestone by either thin styrene sheet on the ramp or simple paper on the ground. In both cases painted with concrete road paint. The styrene is a no brainer but the thin paper glued with white glue gets a light texture of the underlaying cobblestone when the light comes from the side.
[Image: 24277041722_b19978caf0_c.jpg]IMG_4688 by faraway52, on Flickr

or the former cobblestone teamtrack covered with a thin layer of gravel.
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I ran out of plastic glue and ground cover. Have to suspend most work items until the material storage is restocked.

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - Twist - 01-15-2016

Hi,
looking good, nice work.

Regards,Chris

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-15-2016

The "wallpapered" cobblestone looked to awful and the paper sticks like hell. All the cobblestone with paper and without paper got covered by a layer of thin styrene (found some plastic glue and used white glue on the paper). Same putty, some sanding and a fresh concrete paint will result in nice smooth roads. The sides will be gravel covered when new gravel (ASOA 1119) arrives.

[Image: 23762748924_2906c96bda_c.jpg]IMG_4690 by faraway52, on Flickr

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Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-16-2016

Bye bye cobblestone, welcome concrete

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Re: Freelance 2016-1 - Catweasel - 01-16-2016

That's looking good mate. Not sure about gravel though with heavy trucks. They would dig in and/or wheel slip. Either hard packed earth, tarmac or even better, concrete would be more suitable I think.

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-17-2016

Lot of static grass was applied yesterday and most of it removed this morning with the vacuum. The cone of the grass master to focus on smaller areas does not really work as expected. The mass grass application will proceed for some days in the foreground not touched so far.
After that the uniform grass must be worked on with shrubs etc. to make it more realistic.
I used the time to do the trees in the very background and apply a coat of asphalt/tarmac on the split team track.
[Image: 24135910700_98dbfcc616_c.jpg]IMG_4697 by faraway52, on Flickr
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Re: Freelance 2016-1 - faraway - 01-17-2016

How do you do this kind of "pavement" in 1:87 scale? The paved street in the background is "as usual" but the foreground is found very often at the prototype but not on models. I tried to do it with fine ballast but that looked like a beach and is not correct at all (ref. remark of Catweasel).
I think the prototype is compacted crushed stones and over time got some small stones loose and lay on top now.

[Image: 23805520253_33aff4b7a9_b.jpg]Bildschirmfoto 2016-01-17 um 09.47.04 by faraway52, on Flickr

Re: Freelance 2016-1 - Zomboid - 01-17-2016

I'd attempt to use sandpaper for that. But I haven't actually tried it, so that's the caveat...