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

[S&S RR]

The scene continues to develop. Aspen trees are being too grow and fences are going up.  The two rocks in the center of the picture are holding the fence in place while the glue dries.   The picture in my head is starting to show up on the layout.   I have spent a lot of time developing different color schemes for the aspen trees.  I have spent a lot of wonderful time in the Rocky's photographing and studying the color.  Each grove of aspens takes on its own shade of yellow and/or orange. And the colors change with elevation.  You will notice that the aspens in the valley are still green and they get more and more yellow as you move up the mountain.

[S&S RR]

Sorry the picture is so dark, the white plaster on the plywood in the foreground really screwed up my iPhone camera.  I will take a better picture for tomorrow's progress picture. The SLR will come out of the case for some good pictures when this area is finished.

[S&S RR]

[S&S RR]

I went back in and tried taking a couple more photographs with the iPhone.  These are a little better and at least they give me something to work with for tomorrows  fix list.








Notice how the narrow gauge line disappears into the aspen forest.

[deemery]

The aspen leaves dropped on the track is a nice touch!


dave

[PRR Modeler]

Beautiful scenery. Is that a previously abandoned tunnel portal behind the horse barn?

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looks fantastic, John.

A beautiful scene developing.

Cheers, Mark.

[jerryrbeach]

John,


IMO the scenery actually enhances the structures.  The barn siding and especially the stone work on the shingle mill really pop against the scenery.  I hope when I get to that point I can do half as good a job making track disappear into the trees.  Beautiful modeling!

[S&S RR]

The aspen leaves dropped on the track is a nice touch!


dave

Dave


Thank you - we will have a little track cleaning to do to get the trains running smoothly.

[S&S RR]

Beautiful scenery. Is that a previously abandoned tunnel portal behind the horse barn?

Curt


Thank you - Yes the tunnel portal is now used to take the cattle and bring in the hay from the pasture on the other side of the mountain.  It is actually one of the few things left from my previous layout. A small portion of this mountain was also part of my previous layout.  I plan to make it only slightly visible behind the aspen trees. There will be a dirt trail running in to it.

[S&S RR]

Looks fantastic, John.

A beautiful scene developing.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark


Thank you for the encouraging words. I hope to get a good picture to post after the completion of today's work.

[S&S RR]

I'm getting to the point where I will be doing the final detailing of the Beach Farms diorama on my workbench.  I also need to make some final decisions on background scenery changes and where a number of the fences need to be added.  So I put the diorama in position on the layout and took a series of pictures that will go into my iPad for markup and to develop a final change check sheet.  I want to get all the stuff done that is hard to change once the diorama is in place on the layout.  I took pictures from a bunch of different angles but I thought I would share three here on the build thread.  Next time this diorama goes on the layout there will be glue and screws involved.

[S&S RR]

Guys, how did you let me get away with this one.  I never added the tar around the chimney. Check list item one.

[Janbouli]

What a scene.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks awesome John. I didn't realize the trestle bridge was right on the edge of the diorama edge. What's the black circle on the edge?