The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

Started by ACL1504, December 21, 2013, 09:23:16 AM

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After painting the bare plywood with white glue and adding the Scenic Express dirt, this is how I found it the next day.



Brushing or dusting new dirt on this area wouldn't fill in the holes satisfactorily. I either added to much white glue in the first place or the plywood in that area rejected the glue. Either way, I repainted the affected area with more white glue and then added a thinner layer of dirt.

The second application worked fine.









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Tom Langford
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PRR Modeler

Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

ACL1504

While that last area was drying, I moved back to the curved area.

I applied white glue to the inside hill area and then added the top layer of dirt. The glue on the foam didn't separate as it did on the plywood.





Here are the materials I used about 80% of the time for ground cover.







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"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Thomas Jefferson

Tom Langford
telsr1@aol.com

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I blend WS Course Turf and Scenic Express Silfor.



This is how it looks after blending. Actually I only mix it, not blended.




I also gather oak leaves from the yard, but them in the blender, add water and mix until I get a good mush.

I then spread the mush in a baking tin and dry in a warm oven until dry. This is what I get. I makes great looking yard and forest cover.




I forgot these also.



The one that really looks good mixed into the ground foam is sanded cork roadbed. Yes, the cork roadbed you use as a sub-roadbed.

I glue some down and use medium grit sandpaper to sand it down. This is my special cork mix.



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Thomas Jefferson

Tom Langford
telsr1@aol.com

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You can see all these in the next few pictures.










A few more in a few. ;D ;D
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Thomas Jefferson

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Before I got to involved in the next scenery project, I wanted to find a couple of structures that fit the area I was scenicing. So the experimentation began.







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Thomas Jefferson

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I liked the one car repair garage here so I added more scenery to see if it looked better.







It did so I kept it in the corner.

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Thomas Jefferson

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You can see in the next set of pictures just how trees change the entire look of a particular scene.

The trees are all Scenic Express Super Trees. They were sprayed with various light browns and grays, allowed to dry, then sprayed with hair spray and flocked with various shades of ground foam from WS and SE.









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Thomas Jefferson

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"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Thomas Jefferson

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I still have a tub full of trees from the old layout.



"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Thomas Jefferson

Tom Langford
telsr1@aol.com

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I've reached my limit of fun for now. I'll try to add more of the pictures tomorrow or the next day.

Tom ???
"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Thomas Jefferson

Tom Langford
telsr1@aol.com

PRR Modeler

Great scenery and attention to detail.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

Powersteamguy1790

You're slowly getting up to date Tom. Nice going :) 8)

Stay cool and run steam........ 8) 8)

ACL1504

Quote from: PRR Modeler on March 06, 2017, 02:31:46 PM
Great scenery and attention to detail.


Curt,

Thank you very much. Like John Siekirk (S&SRR) says, "It's all about the details."

Tom ;D
"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Thomas Jefferson

Tom Langford
telsr1@aol.com

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