The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 2

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Tom,


Love the new trees, especially the palm trees. You have to be proud of what you have done in such a short time. Absolutely marvelous. Quick question, are you going to pour water in the basin before the convention? Its a lot of work, but would be over the top awesome. Keep up the marvelous work my friend.


Frank / Erieman

Frank,

Thank you for the kind words on the layout.

I enjoyed our phone conversation this afternoon. Always a pleasure talking to a structure master. At this point in the game, I'm very pleased with what I've done and how it has turned out.

The water won't go in for the conference. I have many more things I want to add to the lagoon and with adding the water I won't be able to make any changes.

I do plan on adding the water in the next few months.

Tom

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Tom


Great looking scene.  Sure looks like Florida to me!

John,

Thank you for the compliment. It is starting to get hot like Florida as well. Oh wait, I turned off the AC!

Tom

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I'd like to have the nearest Motel 6 franchise to Casa Langford as there's gonna' be a lot of folks "stayin' over" to see this gem! 
I'd even leave the lights on for them.

Chip,

What a great idea. And, thank you for the kind and generous compliment on the scenery. Remember, leave the lights on.

Tom

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I really appreciate the kind comments about the palm trees.  I agree that they are an improvement and make the scene look more like a Florida swamp.  I need to confess that my efforts were more in the line of "monkey see, monkey do."  Tom found the paint and gave me the instructions on how to proceed.  I simply followed his instructions and checked out the thousands of palm trees growing  next to the roads and highways in Central Florida to make sure we were making a good approximation.  I don't plan on making 500 more trees but I am sure we will "plant" a lot more of them on the second and third levels of the Atlantic and Southern. 

I hope to meet some of you this Saturday at Tom's house during the NMRA Convention.

Bill,

I was trying to give you all the credit. You did do a fantastic job on the palm trees.

When we planted them Sunday afternoon, I couldn't believe how good they looked and how they changed the entire look of the scenery.

Now, my turn to confess. I was't going to plant any palm trees, period. The Judge convinced me that they would compliment the rest of the scenery.

The palm trees did make a difference.

Tom

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Atta boy Bill.....

Greg,

Thank you. Oh, oops, my bad, that was for the Judge.

Tom

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Really cool scenes Tom.

Thanx
Bob

Bob,

Thank you very much. They sure were fun putting together.

Tom

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Here are three additional photos with palm trees.







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I really appreciate the kind comments about the palm trees.  I agree that they are an improvement and make the scene look more like a Florida swamp.  I need to confess that my efforts were more in the line of "monkey see, monkey do."  Tom found the paint and gave me the instructions on how to proceed.  I simply followed his instructions and checked out the thousands of palm trees growing  next to the roads and highways in Central Florida to make sure we were making a good approximation.  I don't plan on making 500 more trees but I am sure we will "plant" a lot more of them on the second and third levels of the Atlantic and Southern. 

I hope to meet some of you this Saturday at Tom's house during the NMRA Convention.

Bill,

I was trying to give you all the credit. You did do a fantastic job on the palm trees.

When we planted them Sunday afternoon, I couldn't believe how good they looked and how they changed the entire look of the scenery.

Now, my turn to confess. I was't going to plant any palm trees, period. The Judge convinced me that they would compliment the rest of the scenery.

The palm trees did make a difference.

Tom

Tom, I couldn't agree more.  The decision by you and Bill to add the palms adds another dimension to your already beautiful scenery.  They add a depth and richness to the "story" you are presenting.
Keep up the great work and enjoy your open house this weekend.
All the best,
--Paul (who has been following and enjoying your wonderful progress here in the shadows)

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Today I finished the rural cracker house.



I added the rolled roofing material to the main and porch roof. No photos of this as many threads have been done showing how to do this.

I also added the posts from scale 6x6s.

More in a few.

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Bill,

I was trying to give you all the credit. You did do a fantastic job on the palm trees.

When we planted them Sunday afternoon, I couldn't believe how good they looked and how they changed the entire look of the scenery.

Now, my turn to confess. I was't going to plant any palm trees, period. The Judge convinced me that they would compliment the rest of the scenery.

The palm trees did make a difference.

Tom

Tom, I couldn't agree more.  The decision by you and Bill to add the palms adds another dimension to your already beautiful scenery.  They add a depth and richness to the "story" you are presenting.
Keep up the great work and enjoy your open house this weekend.
All the best,
--Paul (who has been following and enjoying your wonderful progress here in the shadows)

Paul,

Thank you very much, we appreciate the compliment. I don't often listen to the Judge but he was correct on the trees adding more to the overall scene.

I guess you can't say you are still in the shadows. I do appreciate you following along either way.

Tom

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I also decided to add an LED to the front and only porch on this little house.

I'm using the Miniatronics Surface Mount LED. It is the Yeloglo White, Part #12-625-04.

When lit, it is bright so I needed to tone it down.



I dipped it, with the LED on, in the Tamiya Clear Yellow acrylic paint. I let the first dip dry and then made a second dip.



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Here is how the LED looked under the porch roof. Still to bright for me. NOTE: the LED is face down in this first photo.



I turned the LED face up to the under side of the roof and now I have a much more subdued look. I like it.



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For weathering the roof, I used Weber Costello Pastels. I got mine some 15+ years ago at a local art supply store.




I used the gray fourth from the bottom. I used a soft brush and applied the pastel to the bottom ridge of each rolled roofing material.

NOTE:  I didn't attempt to remove any of the pastel chalk dust at this time.

I applied the pastel to the opposite side in the same manner.




More in a few. I need a cold Diet Pepsi.

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I then used a 1" wide soft bristle brush and pulled the brush down, vertically, from the top. You can see the difference in the photo below.



The chimney was added next.



More in a few.

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The cracker house across from the A&S RR station is now in place. After the conference, I'll be adding yard junk weeds and other stuff. I need to adjust the ground scenery as the house floats as seen in the bottom photo.