Scenery — West Hill
The DPM Freight Depot will not be placed here (it's here now just for fun).
You can se the shaved slopes in these pictures.
And with the plaster cloth over it. This was a really easy application.
Spotting a box car at the East Hill Depot.
Here the consolidation backs in.
And the 4-4-0 pulls the box car out while the 2-8-0 moves a passenger car along the main line.
The tint actually does a decent job with coverage, and spreads pretty well.
The Consolidation climbs the West Hill.
Ballast! This was my first attempt at ballasting, and it needs a bit of rework.
I cast my first rocks using Woodland Scenics hydrocal and molds. They actually released pretty well from the molds. I attached them with more hydrocal to the sub structure.
I painted them per the Woodland Scenic instructions, these got a primary wash of slate gray, than a very watered down black.
Once that was all dry, I painted the surface with glue/water and sprinkled on some Woodland scenics ground cover. I'd like to get this one corner "finished" before moving to other parts of the layout.
Consolidation #5 coming up the hill
Who doesn't need trees? I thought I'd try Woodland Scenics Forest Canopy series. Here are the first two.
And most of the box in place. I had ordered another color flock, to mix up the trees a bit.
The trees look good, but I wish they covered more square footage for the cost.
#808 approaches the hill (yeah, I'm getting tired of this shot too, but it's the only spot thats' even partially scenicked.(6-4-2008)
I added bushes, talus, etc to the corner. Not too bad overall. (6-4-2008)
Looking up west hill from the front. I spend a few hours putting down turf, working on the roas, and adding some trees and bushes. (30 June 2008)
On top, more bushes and trees and ground cover! (June 30 2008)
I also touched up the retaining wall. (June 30 2008)
(June 30 2008)
Consolidation climbs the hill (June 30 2008)
And prepares to swap cars at Crosby's Coal (June 30 2008)
Removing the empties (June 30 2008)
A bad shot of the guard rail I installed going up the hill to the coal company.
21 July 2008
The road is almost finished, and the ground texture is up around the coal company. For details on the buildings, see the Building page.
23 July 2008
More Tree work up on the hill.
23 July 2008
And even more trees in place. I'm using the Supertrees from Scenic Express, and I'm beginning to spray paint the trunks before flocking.
6 August 2008
6 August 2008