Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

I have 3 workspots as well, one where I build , one where I do all painting and a standing one with electrical tools like sander, table saw etc. The two I do sitting I have aprons, one to catch small items the other to protect against paint . But there is no right way there's only what works for someone.

Jan


You convinced me - or at least spending 10 minutes looking on the floor for another casting did .  I'm going to add aprons to all my workstations.

[S&S RR]

I spent most of the day today working on the scenery - added another 200 trees to the layout. I also spent some time on the Brambell's build - added a loading dock for the rail cars.

[S&S RR]

The wood spacers glued to the foam are the result of a careful buildup to get the track level right for loading and unloading box cars.


Here is a picture of a box car in position on the track.  The wood spacers will set the height of the track.








Notice that the floor of the open box car is at the same level as the loading dock.

[S&S RR]

Here is a photograph of the process of adding the sand filler - wet glue and then after it had dried for a couple hours.

[S&S RR]

This whole area will be covered with the top layer of dirt before the track is added.

[S&S RR]

And now a few pictures of the area being forested.


The area I'm working on is around the corner from the Mt. Aiden Trestle.  Here is a couple pictures of the trestle with the new aspen trees in the background.

[S&S RR]

And here is the area being forested. 








You can start to see how the different levels of the layout will blend together.  The plywood area will be a small town with a mountain in the background. Then an area of trees with a river and a large town on the level below.

[deemery]

Your Little People appreciate ensuring the loading dock height is correct.  The aspens look great, too.


dave

[Mark Dalrymple]

Coming on a treat, John!

Cheers, Mark.

[S&S RR]

Your Little People appreciate ensuring the loading dock height is correct.  The aspens look great, too.


dave

Those little people have to deal with some heavy weights coming out of those box cars -  we needed to make sure it was as easy as possible.

[S&S RR]

Coming on a treat, John!

Cheers, Mark.

Mark


Thanks - I really love doing the scenery.  It makes the structures really look good if I get it right.  Time will tell.

[donatode]

John,


Simply ..... OUTSTANDING!!!!

[martin.ojaste]

John, the scene is going to look very interesting when completed.


Are you going to add some yellow trees to the lower section to blend in with the upper section?


Marty

[S&S RR]

John,


Simply ..... OUTSTANDING!!!!

Donato


Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by the thread.

[S&S RR]

John, the scene is going to look very interesting when completed.


Are you going to add some yellow trees to the lower section to blend in with the upper section?


Marty

Marty


Yes, there will be a few yellow leaves here and there on the  trees in the lower section. I'm trying to model both depth and height so the trees in the lower levels are going to be still green with the trees progressively getting more color as you move higher in elevation. I also started adding just a little orange to the trees to match the prototype pictures I have from my trips to the mountains.  I think it really helps the scene.  You will also notice that the size of the trunks on the aspen trees gets smaller as the distance gets farther away. I hope it will all work.   


Thanks for stopping by the thread.