Peter.
Thanks! Only been to Canada a couple of times, but the wife and I enjoy it, so some of the sceneray may have rubbed off. There was plenty of time for that on our honeymoon trip. We took the “Tour of the Line” on the Algoma Central in May from the Soo to Hearst and back[:)]
Yep, we’re both that geeky. She likes trains, too. She ripped my cassette recording to digital of Animas Rover sounds along the line south of Silverton I made back in 96 or so. That’s on a MP3 player and a set of computer speakers, one at each end of the aisle, as the two water features are at opposite ends of it from each other. I need some more waterfall-y sounds for the big one, which I call Cascade Falls, though, for it to really sound great. I keep it low, so it works fine and will be especially effective when I get over there with my new LED lighting, which you can see on the second page of The Night Scene:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/213765.aspx?sort=ASC&pi314=2
My trees are a mix, but the predominant ones I use are Busch 189-6499 100 count pine tree asst. I also like the Heki pines, which are somewhat bushier. Then I’ve used a few Grand Central Gems Spruce trees lately and really like them, as they have a more detailed structure than the German brand ones. Mixing them up in terms of brand/appearance and height is important. That’s a big part of the forced perspective in the second set of lower falls.