The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[ACL1504]

I let the glue dry over night. I then used a soft bristle brush to remove the excess dirt. In some places the glue didn't hold or I just missed the area the first time.



I used an long plastic dropper to apply some diluted matte medium on the road and then applied a second coat of dirt. I let this dry over night and the below photo is how the road looks.



After drying over night, you can still see a few wet areas.

[tct855]

Tom,
         Wow!, very realistic modeling.  I like the overall modeling scene.  Keep working hard, it pays off in about 50 years. ha.  you go girl!  Thanx Thom...

[sdrees]

Tom,

It is looking very nice.  I like it.

[donatode]

Tom....wonderful work, wonderful tutorial, wonderful layout (did I leave out anything?)......just WONDERFUL.

[cuse]

doing a great job of blending into that backdrop. Very nice!


John

[KCS Trains]

Tom,  It was a pleasure to meet you as well at the EXPO.  Again, I really like the way you set up your tutorials.  I can easily follow and I'm picking up a lot of great ideas.  Thanks for sharing.  Phil

[ACL1504]

Tom,
         Wow!, very realistic modeling.  I like the overall modeling scene.  Keep working hard, it pays off in about 50 years. ha.  you go girl!  Thanx Thom...

Thom,

Thank you for the kind words my friend. It was great talking with you last night. I'm still hard at it and I wish I had 50 more years.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,

It is looking very nice.  I like it.

Steve,

Thank you, very much appreciated. It looks better every time I look at it. I still need to do much more to get it where I feel it should be and how it should look.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom....wonderful work, wonderful tutorial, wonderful layout (did I leave out anything?)......just WONDERFUL.

Donato,

I think its wonderful that you stopped by to check it all out. Thanks very much for stopping by and posting a comment. That was wonderful of you!


Tom

[ACL1504]

doing a great job of blending into that backdrop. Very nice!


John

Butty John,

Thank you, I appreciate your support. It is starting to look like a layout once again.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,  It was a pleasure to meet you as well at the EXPO.  Again, I really like the way you set up your tutorials.  I can easily follow and I'm picking up a lot of great ideas.  Thanks for sharing.  Phil

Phil,

Thank you for the very kind remarks and for following along. I'm happy to share any and all tips, techniques, etc. I have.

Tom

[ACL1504]

As you can see, I continued to add more trees to the three areas. I find it best to work on one section and move to the next. This way while working on the other section, I can look at what I've done and let the overall scene in that section grow on me. I'll see a tree that doesn't fit, remove it and replace it with a larger, smaller or different color tree.

This four foot section of the three sand hills has taken me 2 and a half days up to this point and I'm still adding details.





The bushes or undergrowth on the corner in the next photo are simply broken limbs from the super trees. i don't throw any small branch or broken tree limb away. As you can see they make great small bushes or wild shrubs.



Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

So far, I've planted 78 trees on the three sand hills. I stopped counting the smaller stuff I planted at 214 bits and pieces of trees. It doesn't take long to fill a forest but it does take many trees.





In the next photo you can see the right edge of sand hill #2 and the left edge of hill #3. Notice the road in the distance? When I add my road (hopefully in the next few days) I'll blend the road into the backdrop.



More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I've added more shrubs, broken trees limbs, to the front edge of the middle sand hill.





Here is a different angle view of the first hill and the edge growth.



More in a few.

[ak-milw]

Tom, nice job on reforestation, the trees blend right into the backdrop perfectly. Can't tell where one stops and the other starts.