Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

[vinceg]

Gorgeous, John. Are you able to get some overhead pics that show how the water plays into the whole scene?

[jerryrbeach]

John,


The rock work and aspens really frame Vogel's and Threadwell's.   They looked great on the workbench, but simply gorgeous against the mountain scenery.

[Raymo]

Looking good John!

[S&S RR]

Awesome Scene John.

The trees look fantastic.

Jim

Jim


Thank you for following along and the encouraging words.

[S&S RR]

Once again everything looks awesome. I really like the look of the dead tree lying on the slope.

Curt


Thank you, I thought the dead tree would look great there.  Something a little different.

[S&S RR]

WOW!

Thanks Dave. I had a lot of fun taking the pictures, yesterday. Now on to the next build.

[S&S RR]

Majestic, I love how you've made the scenery dwarf the trains, something normally done in my scale.

Jan


Thank you, I actually parked the locomotive on the trestle to try and give the pictures some scale.  The trees and mountain have to be the right size in any scale to make the scene work. I'm very careful about the size of the trees to create distance. The largest trees are 15 inches high and the smallest are 2 inches high in these pictures. My friend Wayne Olson commented when we first started adding the trees that the walls of the room moved back 10 feet as we were planting them. The diameter of the trunks on the Aspen trees is also getting smaller as you move back into the scene.

[S&S RR]

EPIC

John


Thank you my friend.

[S&S RR]

John,

Well done, very well done.

Tom

Tom


Thank you, it's sure nice to have a few areas on the layout that are starting to look finished.

[Jerry]

John that is one awesome scene!!

The buildings look great but that scenery really shows off your skills.

The picture with the dead tree is one of the best I've ever seen!!

It was well worth the wait!!

Jerry

[chris.mincemoyer]

Uprooted tree is a scenery game changer, well done!
Chris

[S&S RR]

Gorgeous, John. Are you able to get some overhead pics that show how the water plays into the whole scene?

Vince


Thank you for the kind words and yes I took a couple pictures for my planing that I can mark up and show the current plan for the river. I need to add them to the gallery so I can post them.  I will be back to this in a few.

[S&S RR]

John,


The rock work and aspens really frame Vogel's and Threadwell's.   They looked great on the workbench, but simply gorgeous against the mountain scenery.

Jerry


Thanks you for the kind words - planning the colors for the buildings while they were on the work bench with a picture in my head of how the scenery was going to look kept my brain busy. I love it when a plan comes together. I also love doing the scenery work because it makes such a big difference to the look of the layout.

[S&S RR]

John that is one awesome scene!!

The buildings look great but that scenery really shows off your skills.

The picture with the dead tree is one of the best I've ever seen!!

It was well worth the wait!!

Jerry

[S&S RR]

Jerry


Thank you for the encouraging words and for waiting.