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Junk Up Your Scene Scenery and structures
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Frequent poster 574 posts arbe Frequent poster 574 posts
arbe

I saw this photo on the Baby Boomer Freight Car Yahoo Group:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/bbfcl/info

Being discussed was the B&O boxcar.  My vision was drawn to all the neat "junk" behind.

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There's a bunch of stuff in the weeds to the left, stacked what looks like empty barrels, a pile of sand with some material and more barrels in front, a stack of timbers and a tire in the back.  Adding some detail as this to our scene modeling really gives it a "lived in"  realistic appearance. 

Bob Bochenek   uare_100.jpg 

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Jackh Prolific poster 2,091 posts
Jackh

Maintance dept maybe

Could be some pallets over the top R side of the B&O car. Other interesting stuff is the ties of those turnouts are almost buried in ballast and dirt with lots of grime (oil?) down the center and along the edges. There is probably a stack of rail back there too.

Jack
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ChiloquinRuss Frequent poster 872 posts
ChiloquinRuss

the clutter is the clincher

Years ago the modeling slogan was 'the clutter is the clincher'!   Russ
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