Hedley Junction

[sailormatlac]

Didn't post a lot in the recents days. In fact, I was working like a crazy on the layout. A lot of changes occured and I think it looks even better than I thought.

@jwb: it's always a pleasure to have your input. Diverging opinions are the best way to improve oneself and look out for improvement. There's nothing more dull than people devoid of any opinion. And when I was painting 7 turnouts with this method, I almost felt I should have followed your advice!!! Anyway, the result is pretty good and I hope to post some ballasted picture before the end of the summer.

Matt,

I'm with you on this one. I used a very similar method on my trackwork http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic...30#p118158 . Unless we all reinvent the wheel, it is inevitable that methods that work for painting track for instance, that are published will be used.

Just because we both used a method of painting track that was recommended by Lance Mindheim, that doesn't make either of us slavish disciples of Lance Mindheim as some seem to believe. In fact it a poor modeller that will not use a method or idea just because it came from someone who they disagree with.

I'm looking forward to seeing the progress of your layout, and I hope when it comes to deciding on what to use for backscene that you don't copy the 'kindergarten cartoons' I've seen on this site, because surely if anything is going to pull your attention away from the railroad it is poorly executed modelling.

Robin

Thanks Robin, I must agree. We must separate individuals from technics. Funny to look at your painting process, we exactly did the same thing.

Getting the right balance of elements is hard.... extremely hard. Takes a lot of self-discipline, which isn't the most funny thing to do. While designing the actual paper mill and river scene, I added a lot of details on plan. When building it, I found out most was unneeded. The right landshape makes more impression than contrived scenery. And getting rid of unneeded extra elements saves a lot of time than can be used in a more effective way.



That said, for progress shots, please visit my blog. The last six entries will give an excellent idea of the progress. Most scenery was done with florist foam. Works wonder albeit a little bit pricy. The brown stuff is what Confalone calls Universal Mud, taken from an old trick of Lou Sassi. It's papier-mâché mixed with latex paint and a little bit of water. Works wonder for me, easy to use, forgiving, lot of time to play with it and can hide mistakes easily.

http://hedley-junction.blogspot.ca/





















Meanwhile, I also repainted my GE 44-ton switcher after discovering pictures of it taken at Clermont in 1978.



Matt