Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 3) Started 7/27/19

[S&S RR]

Looks great, John.

I'm looking forward to this.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark


Thank you - I should have the Beach Farms diorama installed on the layout this week.  I think there will be a few pictures of this one posted.

[NKP768]

Scenery looks great John

Doug

[S&S RR]

Scenery looks great John

Doug

Doug


Thank you for the kind words - the diorama made it's way to the layout today. I will be blending it in with the rest of the scenery over the next few days.  Hopefully some finished pictures later in the week.

[BrianM]

John,


Your scene is amazing and I look forward to seeing the finished scenery and diorama in place.



However, a small detail: If an animal (or person) is standing and facing up or down a slope then the legs are almost vertical to, and not perpendicular to, the slope.  It may therefore be more realistic to place the cattle parallel to the contour lines of the slope (simple IMH and totally ignorant opinion) or modify the legs to accord with nature (probably not worth the effort taking into account the scale of this scene relative the total layout and  much more time consuming).


Best wishes,
BrianM

[S&S RR]

John,


Your scene is amazing and I look forward to seeing the finished scenery and diorama in place.



However, a small detail: If an animal (or person) is standing and facing up or down a slope then the legs are almost vertical to, and not perpendicular to, the slope.  It may therefore be more realistic to place the cattle parallel to the contour lines of the slope (simple IMH and totally ignorant opinion) or modify the legs to accord with nature (probably not worth the effort taking into account the scale of this scene relative the total layout and  much more time consuming).


Best wishes,
BrianM

Brian


Thank you for following along and for the kind comments.  I knew I didn't like the way the cows on the hill looked but now I know why.  I'm going to take a look at having them travel along the contour lines.  Stay tuned for pictures.  Thank you for your comment - this is  what I love about this forum more eyes makes us all better modelers.  I have the same problem with the cow at the watering trough - the legs are just in the wrong position.

[S&S RR]

The Beach Farm diorama is on the layout and I couldn't wait to finish the scenery in front to take some pictures.


First, Brian I fixed my cows on the side of the hill that where defining the laws of physics.  I took your advice and aligned them with the contour lines.  Much better, and thank you for pointing it out.

[S&S RR]

I need to finish the pond and the fence around the pond which I decided would be much easier with the baseboard on the layout in place.

[S&S RR]

The edge of the baseboard will be covered with rocks and scenery materials.  I have some design work I need to complete before I can decide just how I want to finish this off.





Please take a look through the barn door.  The cowboy bring the cattle in from the other side of the mountain had to work real hard to get that cow positioned just right for the picture.

[S&S RR]

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I took a few pictures of some of the mini scenes just before I moved the baseboard from the workbench to the layout.


Loading hay in the barn for the long winter.  Jerry Beach built this truck and shipped it from the Beach family operations out East.  It's great having rail service on a farm in the middle of the mountains.

[S&S RR]

It's harvest season from the family garden.

[S&S RR]

Hay and supplies are delivered by rail at the Beach Farms.  This truck was also built by Jerry Beach and shipped by rail to the Western farm.

[S&S RR]

The view from the back of the diorama.  A very difficult camera angle once the diorama is on the layout.