view from the entrance to the left : view to the right : module 1 (100x150cm) : module 2 (100x150cm) : more to come....
module 3 (100X150cm) : module 4 (100x150cm) : module 5 (100x150cm) : module 6 (100x107cm) : long trains (40+ cars) will cross overhead themselves more to come......
kokanee beer factory : this is where your car lands after you had too many beers : scenic point : trackside buildings :
was it weyerhaeuser ? (tree stumps are actually real wood !) oh... a cp rail red barn in the lead ! (built by steve4painting) look at the working ditchlights ! they even flash alternately after pressing f2 bakery : oooooops ..... another way to get divorced.... make it look like an accident ;-)
someone has to look for these forest fires : (completely scratchbuilt by me) travelers : city scene ... if you look close you'll notice people INSIDE the buildings.... track workers.... what a hard job... they are soooo tired they don't even get their hands out of their pockets... ;-)
red barn #9022 again : one of my renumbered ac4400...look at the painted handrails and the additional decals : one of my 40+ custom painted cp rail tankcars. of course all with different roadnumbers. painting , decaling and decal printing by me : one of my 40+ custom painted procor tankcars. all have different roadnumbers of course
part of the tankcar unit train.... that's all folks ! hope some of you are happy now... took quite a while to post more pics of my unfinished layout.
there are 6 modules 100x150cm (40"x60") and one which is 107x100 (43"x40") the room is 450x357cm (14.8ft x 11.7ft)
Wow! Such a beautiful layout *drools*. Did you scratch build all those trees or buy them? If bought, I'd have to say thats one hell of an investment right there! Keep up the impressive work! -Mark
Very Nice! Thanks for Sharing! 1) How many trees and who made them? 2) Divorce? - You a sicko - Gotta love it. 3) Looking for people in the buildings? Come on - I'm not a voyeur. 4) "Pile-o-Boxes" building, very clever. I'm going to make one for the GandG. In fact, that may be the building for the "Gryphin Locomotive Works" - Renown for Critters and Beasts. 5) The scene with the Red Barns and tank cars. Don't know if it was on purpose but it's a great place to show off prise equipment. 6) "Modules"? Do you take it down or to shows? Seriously, where did you get all of those trees?
Sandro, I like how you transition from trees to backdrop. This is something I'm agonizing over right now, yours looks really good. It's all one big cohesive scene.
1) heki.....my guess is for 5000 trees 2) 3) hey, they're shopping, working.....no dirty things... you a sicko too ;-) 4) - 5) never took pics at this location so far. will improve it a bit. 6) no. modules are just in case i will move. i'm not in a club and don't show my work at shows.
it is easy to do. paint your background blue and dark green. don't paint sharp lines with the green. use a brush and dip it to the wall. this creates the illusion of distant trees. then use white spray paint to tone the transition from the hills to the sky down a bit. make it look like mist/light fog. then use lighter green to create a second hill line. while still wet blow woondland scenics ground foam onto the paint. let it dry. use spray glue (or ordinary woodland scenic cement) on the foremost hills again. blow some more ground foam to it. once dry this will give your background some structure. looks like a distant forest. well, this is how i did my background. hardly noticeable where the module ends and the wall begins. as said , my modules are 40" deep. but i think with this backdrop it looks like a lot more
all bought. they're heki. i can get 50 for chf25 (20$). usually i ordered a 1000 at a time. got some rebate. let's see..... usually paid $300 for 1000 trees
Wow that looks terrific . Do you use pine aroma to bring those scenes up a notch while running the trains ?
