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Been a long time coming, with a generous helping of procrastination, but at last I can turn an engine

David

If you’ve been modelling for any length of time you probably have a collection of Really Neat Stuff you bought years ago and still haven’t found a use for. My Stuff includes a fair bit of stripwood and milled siding (bearing prices like 43 cents to attest to its age) which periodically comes to the surface, reminding me that I really ought to build something with it.

If you look at a stand of evergreens at the edge of a cutblock, you see a lot of grey(ish) more or less bare trunks, and some branches and foliage at the top.  If the clear area was logged off a while ago there'll be all sorts of small bushes and deciduous trees growing up.  I decided to see if I could reproduce this effect at a distance with a minimum of detailed tree construction.  Here's the result of a couple of evenings work.  Each "tree"&nbs

I've been reading and posting the odd comment for over a year now, so it's probably time to start a blog of my own.  I've just put together a small coaling facility.  It's a bit out of the ordinary, so I thought it might be of interest.