Greg this is built to your very high standards.
Perfectly done!

Jerry

Really nicely done, Greg.

It looks terrific.  Nice ridge capping.

Cheers, Mark.

I tried to add a green flock/grass base over top of the existing shrubbery, by stippling matte medium and then applying the grass.   It's a mixture of a relatively bright green and a moss green color:

It's better, but I'm not quite convinced it's green enough.  It's really tough to apply grasses, etc to a vertical slope.  I'll have to work on that.

dave

The tractor is outstanding Larry.

So here's what's powering the belt line.....an old John Deere tractor....and of course I had to paint it green.

Tabitha O'Neil wanted to update the power for both the saw and the lathe. After removing the old steam engine, the leaky boiler, and the worn out water tank she stumbled across this old tractor in the next town over which still ran remarkably well given its age.Since the cutoff saw and lathe wouldn't both be in use at the same time she felt confident the tractor would fit the bill and take up much less room at the back of her property.

The John Deere is a kit from Sierra West and went together fairly easily; even though the 3D printed parts are quite fragile. Before assembly everything was given a coat of grey primer and when dry was spray painted green. Brett had suggested in the instruction a yellow color for the wheels but I didn't like the color for them so everything was painted green with a few exceptions such as the seat, steering wheel, exhaust pipe, and the top of the air filter; those I left primer grey.Then the green areas were given a dry brushing of brown chalks and the grey parts with a little black.

To make life easier I added grasses to the side of the knoll and laid down the basic ground cover under the tractor before anything was glued in place. I'm pleased with the way this turned out.

Next will be to line up the tractor pulley and the belt line pulley then glue the line one in place. The tractor will be glued to the layout. A 6 inch belt will be cut from Tyvek then painted. When everything has dried hopefully it all goes together as I hope it will. Thanks for stopping by for a look-see and for all your great comments so stay tuned.

Rob great job!!!! Dwayne would be honored I'm sure. Everything looks exceptional.

As I recall, the 'original model' was a contest-winning model by Canadian modeler Jock Oliphant, which was written up in the model magazines the year it won at NMRA.  

NICE work!

dave

The ADSB.fi feed is worth comparing.  They have a specific graphic for 'parked aircraft'.

dave

Quote from: Jerry on Today at 10:45:16 AMRon is the gardening done for the year??

It is now.