I have been plugging away at the interior of Tum-A-Lum lumber company. This structure will be at the foreground of my layout and will feature a Hardware store and lumber yard. Since they will both be within inches of the edge of the layout I have decided to spend the time and super detail the building both for the visual appeal and the challenge the project will bring. Currently I have been focusing on the hardware side of the building and once complete I will tackle the rest of the building.

Here is an overview of the building

I am looking for a way to make deciduous trees without leaves; okay, maybe a few stickers, like I often see on Oak trees in the winter.

Does "Chapter 14: From the ground up - realistic deciduous trees made fast" from the "Model Railroad Volume 5 - Scenery & bridges - pt 2" DVD cover the winter version?

Is there a previous thread that talked about trees in winter?

Hi friends,

this week I'v been working some on the sandtower for the small diesel maintenance area. It's already in place on the layout infact. (couldn't wait,  héhé).  American Ltd. made kit with the usual painting, weathering, drybrushing.....

There are a few scenes where there will be trackage crossing over the mainline perpendicular to the aisle and backdrop, and therefore the track will end up going into the backdrop.   And in addition, some of these scenes will be attempts to recreate what it looked like in 1953.  The problem is many of the locations that had trackage, no longer does.  Though the right of way is somewhat visible, the trackage has been ripped out and the right of way has deteriorated.  So my question is, how does one recreate these scenes so the trackage appears to continue once t