Backwoods NE in Florida

[cuse]

Sundays are for landscaping - outside and in. I even got started on ballast - just don't sneeze near the layout for now. I re-routed the road to the front of the layout where it will (?) traverse some sketchy terrain. Tons more trees and details to come for this area - but the colors are coming in. The hole in the Earth is where the Sierra West woodcutter's shack will go.


John

[Janbouli]

Looking great John , very natural appearance.

[halrey]

John, Looking very nice...


Hal

[Jerry]

John

Just read through this.  You really have a nice looking RR going on here.

Sorry I'm late to the show I'll try to keep up.

Jerry

[cuse]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the interest. Jerry, better late than never ...hope to do a little more tomorrow night.


John

[S&S RR]

John


The layout looks great! You are really making some progress.

[cuse]

As usual, the other million parts of my life have pulled me off of my intended layout progress...I've started placing junk around the engine house, but there can never be enough and I expect I will continue detailing this scene with layer upon layer of junk, spare parts and nature for years. Here's round one, comprised on what I had on hand, painted and weathered. I still have to secure a lot of the ground cover and glue with patches of static grass on top. Hopefully, that comes soon...I've got bags of Expo and CSS castings waiting to be painted and placed but other projects call. Good problem to have, I guess  . I know the little islands of castings looked "placed" at the moment, but they'll all look more natural as I fill in with weeds, spills, etc over time.


John

[ACL1504]

John,

The layout is coming along nicely. I like the overall appearance, great job.

Tom

[S&S RR]

John




The detailing is a great start - every layer will make it look better. It's all about the details.

[Jerry]

Looks realistic to me.  Nice job.

Jerry

[jimmillho]

Looking good John.

Jim

[cuse]

Thanks guys.


Just went "down the rabbit hole" and pretty much re-read this thread from the beginning...what a mixed-up, half-baked, "no idea what's next" journey  ...from N gauge to HOn30 to HOn3 back to HOn30 with a bunch of spur-of-the-moment demolition and total revisions along the way...it's more action movie (or comedy?) than documentary. I would encourage anyone who isn't documenting their layout's development to start now. It's a blast to re-visit and say "what the heck was I thinking" etc.


John

[jbvb]

I've made some course changes, but nothing so far reaching as changing scale or gauge.  But I spent my working career doing software intended to last years (a couple of programs survived into their 2nd decade).  So my layout, electrical and operations threads are fairly full of notes to 'future me' on how I was doing this or that, and why.

[cuse]

James, I've tons of notebooks, scribbles, to do lists. for both trains and 1:1 life...I can't imagine not having them available for my "updates"


Did a little more landscaping, some static grass and some additional trees and weeds and, most significant but least visibly, secured it all and cleaned the track.

[cuse]

Snuck in a little train time today...Had to get my hands a little dirty between Mothers Day stuff...I split and stacked a lot of wood in my youth. This is more satisfying. The "hole in the Earth" is where my Sierra West Woodcutter's Shack will reside. Pretty messy around the [/color][/size]engine house - an OSHA nightmare. Someday, when I find time to paint all of those detail castings I've acquired at various CSS, Expo, and NNGC shows - it will be even messier.


John