02-24-2009, 07:04 PM
This is more for Drew than Lynn, after having seen your neat little Thomas layout, but still it may be useful for anyone. One thing hardly EVER modeled is a mountain spring. Rivers have to start somewhere! Some just trickle down from the rock faces, others bubble up from a deep pool. Either way it would be interesting to see. The deep pool version is an opportunity for all sorts of mini-scenes from fishing to swimming to whatever.
And don't forget, railroads & construction engineers would move or divert a river as necessary in order to maximize profits on the railway, if this meant shortening the route or decreasing the grade, etc. There's probably a prototype for it, and besides, a neat little scene like a grist mill (especially if the wheel turns) will steal the show and most folks won't focus on where the river begins or ends. The FSM mill should accomplish the same thing.
Galen
And don't forget, railroads & construction engineers would move or divert a river as necessary in order to maximize profits on the railway, if this meant shortening the route or decreasing the grade, etc. There's probably a prototype for it, and besides, a neat little scene like a grist mill (especially if the wheel turns) will steal the show and most folks won't focus on where the river begins or ends. The FSM mill should accomplish the same thing.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!