Doing the Northend - Scenery Rebuilding

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I have a web article about redoing a section of my layout. Some of the articles are new some have been presented before:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/4x8/northend/

Before:

After:

Nothing new or profound, just what I have been doing lately

Thank you if you visit
Harold

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I sure like what you do, Harold. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

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Harold:

I like your work too. The best thing about your webpage is all the small articles about different things, it’s very nice to learn from them.

BTW: Have you ever tried diatomaceous earth to model dirt and sand scenery? It seems good but I have never tried it myself.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=44139

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I saw that thread. I am more inclined toward tile grout. I was going to try the grout next. It comes already colored and is sandlike.

Thanks for the kind words
Harold

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Harold, you have some of the most realistic dirt I have ever seen modeled. I wish I could get that effect.

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How I do the dirt is covered on the website at either the above article or in my 4x8 chronicle at:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/4x8/

My website is more of “what I did” than “how to’s”. I take pictures as I go along and string them together with a narrative. Unlike magazines I show all the good and bad. Everything I have done on the layout is on the website.
The faux fur grass article is probably the only formal “how-to”. I developed that article for the March 2005 Railroad Model Craftsman. The editor, Bill Shamburg, was directed to the original “what I did” piece by a friend of his. Bill models central California and asked me to write an article. So thus I got my 15 minutes of fame.

Harold