This is my recently scenicked part of my layout on the passing siding and depot, which with some modelers license is still in use, even in the modern era [:D]
Ok, that is looking the other way from the oil spur end of the passing siding towards the depot and the end of the world (currently, soon to be extended).
this is a high shot of the scenicked area, showing a majority of the area i’ve scenicked, and ballasted.
This is AT&SF 8-40BW on the point of a manifest streaking past bobs fuel Co.
Good job on that scenery James. Did a bit of weathering myself last weekend. I used the tempura paint method described by Joe F in the recent How To Build Realistic Layouts. Obviously I still have a lot of work to do … work ? … no … I consider this fun !
Well…here’s my offering for this week. It’s a shot of the Putney, NY, station area on my HO Hudson Highlands layout. In the distance, beyond the station and the curve, one can see a small portion of the as yet unfinished, mythical city, of Jacksboro, NY. In all, Jacksboro measures 3x11 feet and includes better than 50 major urban structures, some of which are over ten stories tall.
In the two million years the site was down, plate tectonics subsided, three ice ages passed and errosion slowed down. Some top soil started to accumulate. It is looking more like a world. Some bare pink and blue mountain still show through, but another 10,000 years should help that. A few suguaro cactus started to take root. Exciting time is history.
I love the distance the N scale truck gives that last pic. When a hundred cactus and other desert stuff show up I have high hopes.
I am still waiting for some styrene strips to arrive at the LHS. They say they should be in early next week (After I am gone to Music Camp for the week… [:(!] ) So I have been doing some scenery and ballasting of track on the old part of the layout. The trestle bridge was scratchbuilt in 1985 and the hardshell has been waiting 21 years for me to get around to finish the scenery. That is why it is called the SLO&W!
Don’t look too close as the white glue is still wet on the trees… The trestle bridge was put together just using Walther’s Goo 21 years ago and is still as strong as a rock. Great stuff!
In my first attempt I realized I was using too much ballast in the web, so, less is better as the plaster adds a bit of volume. Also, I had not mixed the tempura well enough with the plaster and got a few white spots showing up. After the initial application mine was about the color yours is. I wanted a more grimy look, so, a second application of a slightly darker mix was applied. In a few spots I also added black tempura directly (very little) to get some more variation.
