Evening, gentlemen.
A tale from the plywood glacier. Pictures at :
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/browse/1e44?c=
After many years of sloth and excuses, I finally got a bug up my butt to get
some serious scenery done on my layout. It has been about two years since I
attempted any scenery on the railroad, so I decided to finally attack the KGB's
Iola Yard. A yard... Easy, right? Ballast, dirt, grass and shrubs or weeds.
Right.... Any way, at this point, I'm about 1/4 the way done.
One of the things I've discovered is that a 3' deep layout was a much better
idea 20 years ago than it is today. I've renewed some acquaintances with some
muscles reaching and leaning over to do the back forty by the backdrop. I'm
also beginning to think it's easier to come up with scenic ideas for a hilly or
mountainous layout rather than a flat one.
You may notice something that looks like part of a doormat. It is green
plastic "grass" doormat and it represents part of a cornfield. It's an idea I
liberated from a local HO traction group. While not so convincing in close up,
when the five-foot rule is active, it's not too awfully bad.
I'm no scenic expert, so my attempts may appear a little amateurish, but I
try to keep things "typical." I don't really have a grand scenic plan, just a
couple off loose ideas of what I want to represent and I'm sort of letting the
ground foam fall where it may. In all the decades I've called myself a model
railroader, I've done very little scenery, but I figured this a good place to
show off my meager skills.
Rich G
Blood, sweat and Elmer's glue.
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