Small Z scale layout number 3!

Stickboy Nov 21, 2013

  1. Stickboy

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    Thanks guys!

    More progress shots...

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    More soon! :)
     
  2. Mzbringh

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    The rock, the trees and the debris, fantastic. I keep those photos as reference and inspiration.

    Thanks for sharing and thanks for the howto photos.

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  3. Loren

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    Mikael,

    I agree with you. Phil has this scenery part down pretty good. His work is an inspiration and a 'how to' to us all.

    Phil, take a bow.
     
  4. SJ Z-man

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    Is that very rugged rock face from 1 mold or many. Looks very natural. And did you make the mold or use Bragdon's, etc.
     
  5. Stickboy

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    Thank you Mikael, I am happy that you find them useful! I look forward to seeing yours and everyone else's work, by sharing this information is how we all progress!

    Thank you for your kind words Loren, it means a lot to me :)

    Thanks Jeff, the main piece is actually a large piece of tree bark that I found whilst walking in a park years ago. I picked it up and kept it because it was beautiful, and I knew I would be able to use it sometime. I preserved it with repeated soaking in dilute white glue. The rest of the cliff face is made from various WS moulds, blended together with more bark chips (as used on the tunnel portal) and hand carved plaster.

    The rock faces on the "wooded" side are mainly WS moulds and hand carving. I would love to use the Bragdons moulds, they look fantastic, but I don't have any yet. Maybe in the future!

    Thanks!
     
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  6. Stickboy

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    Wooded side filling out now...

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  7. Stickboy

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    More ground cover...

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  8. shamoo737

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    Phil, the scenery its just outstanding.
     
  9. SJ Z-man

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    The varied density of the weeds and the varied colors within of other flora really makes it look vary natural.
     
  10. andgott

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    VERY nice! I Love the scenery details. I can't wait to see this one progress!
     
  11. HemiAdda2d

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    Your tunnel portal build using bark was absolutely brilliantly executed. The result was phenomenal.
    I make trees similarly but leave a taller point to better represent evergreen trees.

    I make trees from bumpy chenille and sisal/floral wire.
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    And a semi-finished scene:
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  12. Stickboy

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    More grass...

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  13. Stickboy

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    Apologies for the lack of updates, had a crazy year, here are some recent pics...

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  14. JoeS

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    Love the details like the rust stain by the water pipe. Great work!
     
  15. ddechamp71

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    Very nice. ;)

    Dom
     
  16. Stickboy

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    Thanks guys!
     
  17. ztrack

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    It is looking great! I love all of the details!

    Rob
     
  18. HemiAdda2d

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    What did you make these green weeds out of? I like the rockslide fence, too. Depending on the era, you could add detector circuitry to alert the dispatcher to stop trains in the event a rock slide breaks the fence/circuit. They really do work--I saw this in action in Colorado once--a rock came down and broke a wire, the scanner crackled to life with an automated message. The next train thru had to pass the affected area at restricted speed and evaluated the damage. There was none, but the system worked.

     
  19. Stickboy

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    Hi Hemi, the green weeds are tiny pieces of an aquarium plant I bought from a pet store, I will try to find a full piece to photograph for you.

    Thanks for the tip on the detector equipment, I will do some research!
     
  20. Stickboy

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    Here you go, sorry I don't know what it's called, I think they were loose in a bargain bin, they were only a few pennies :)
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