Backwoods NE in Florida

[Powersteamguy1790]

John:

The layout looks great.

Stay cool and run steam..........

[jimmillho]

John,
That is some great looking Scenery

Very nice ,indeed

Jim

[GPdemayo]

Great work John.....

[Zephyrus52246]

Great looking scenery.


Jeff

[cuse]

Thanks all. I'm really happy with the recent burst. Hope I can keep it going amid life's other claims on my time


John

[Bobby]

You are doing a great job of capturing that fall/winter look. It reminds me of Mike Confalone's layout.

[cuse]

Thanks Bobby...that's as good as it gets   I think Mike Confalone does some of the best modeling I've seen.


John

[postalkarl]

Hi John:

Your layout is absolutely gorgeous. Keep those fine photos coming for us.

Thanks:

Karl

[cuse]

Thanks Karl...means a lot coming from you. The Fos warehouse you built is safely hidden from the cats and will be featured prominently on a module to come 


John

[cuse]

I painted the water surface with a combo of black, green, and a little blue last week. I followed that up with two coats of Mod Podge...it dried almost white with bubbles. While Mike the Runner attempts to solve the mystery, I have forged ahead...I took a couple of brushfuls of black and sort of dry brushed the surface, i followed that with a little green to lighten it a bit. The mod podge beneath gives it a bit of surface motion and I never intended to model breaking waves in this little cove. I'm thinking I'll just seal it with some furniture varnish for some good luster after the paint is dry. You can see the bubbly effect around the rocks and pilings - I think it looks kind of cool, just not when it was everywhere-yet another lucky accident in my scenery history


John

[ACL1504]

John,

I think the water looks great. On purpose or not, the water motion appearance around the rocks looks natural to me.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Looks great John.....

[jimmillho]

John,

I think the water looks great. On purpose or not, the water motion appearance around the rocks looks natural to me.

Tom

What Tom said.  It does look great.

Jim

[cuse]

Turkey day update. I have added a couple more coats of Mod Podge because I felt my ocean was too flat. I also decided to hold off on the Varnish until I finished all of the water surface on the adjacent module. This means I must complete all of the waterfront "borders" (seawalls, pilings, docks, concrete foundations, etc). Reading Bob's progress on the Bar Mills Dockhouse convinced me this is the way to go. I figure the best way to ensure that the water is consistent across adjacent modules is to seal it all at once. This also means I need to get Capt. Hook's Lobster built as it is an integral part of the waterfront next door.


The little building in the very foreground is slotted for a makeover. When I saw Troels Kirk's recent posts, I immediately thought of the structure shown. I plan to weather mine with a little more color, add some more support pilings, maybe some signage,  and resurface the roof (or at least complicate it with some repairs-still debating). As always, Troels' work inspires me to do better.


John

[cuse]

Only train-related gift I got was this little gem. It's a built-up Junkman's truck from Model Tech Studios...


John