03-16-2014, 01:38 PM
Thank you everyone for the kind comments! 
I think that this scene is finally looking like I had hoped....still more to do however
Gus, I carved it out of plaster (a long time ago
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. Please do not misunderstand me, I fully agree with you and welcome your (or anyone's) observations. It is good information to know and consider moving forward.
Progress:
I tried a couple of new products for ground-cover (namely weeds). You can see the results here:
http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=7489
I was thinking that it might be a nice detail to have a train schedule board at the freight house. Naturally I Googled for a pic of one, and found an old Canadian Pacific board. I photo-shopped it to change the name and cities, and them shrunk it down to various sizes and picked the most suitable:
![[Image: yS6Jlf.jpg]](https://i.vgy.me/yS6Jlf.jpg)
No one will notice it, and you really can't read it, but it looks like it "belongs" there.
![[Image: eQdSYu.jpg]](https://i.vgy.me/eQdSYu.jpg)
Another small project done
. I have to take any progress, no matter how small, as a huge victory right now! Very little time for modeling, but I will keep pressing forward 
I think that this scene is finally looking like I had hoped....still more to do however
Steamtrains Wrote:WoW...!! Love those scenes..!!!
How/where did you get that cobblestone..?? Fantastic..!!
Gus, I carved it out of plaster (a long time ago
)mountaingoatgreg Wrote:The paper and weeds really are looking good.Greg, there is no doubt that you are right. However, given that this layout is only 12" (30.5 cm) deep, I have chosen to often compromise on realism to satisfy my desire to do things that I will have fun doing and wish to try. Truth be told, I would probably be doing it that way no matter how big the layout was.....just not as often
The wood debris is neat, but I have noticed that unless they are actively unloading most places do not leave a bunch of dunnage in the walking path. Slips Trips & Falls have always been a big issues regardless of era. I have seen where they usually have a place to pile up the materials to keep it out of the way. I have seen where they is just a designated area, other times they have a frame or small structure to stack the wood in.
Either way it really looks great!!
. Please do not misunderstand me, I fully agree with you and welcome your (or anyone's) observations. It is good information to know and consider moving forward. Progress:
I tried a couple of new products for ground-cover (namely weeds). You can see the results here:
http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=7489
I was thinking that it might be a nice detail to have a train schedule board at the freight house. Naturally I Googled for a pic of one, and found an old Canadian Pacific board. I photo-shopped it to change the name and cities, and them shrunk it down to various sizes and picked the most suitable:
No one will notice it, and you really can't read it, but it looks like it "belongs" there.
Another small project done
. I have to take any progress, no matter how small, as a huge victory right now! Very little time for modeling, but I will keep pressing forward
Steve