I am working on a series of concrete and block retaining walls for a city section where the New Haven RR went though the town of Waterbury, CT. Shown in the picture is a small "test" panel of what the concrete retaining wall will look like when complete. Please let me know how I can improve it before I start on all of the actual concrete retaining wall panels. I say panels because they are made in sections with .040 styrene and are not mounted to the layout yet. I wanted to paint and weather them at the workbench for better control of the detailing.

Trees came from SE today so worked on the layout this week to get ready for them. Did the major scenery work from Geldermans toward the the mountain, fences, flowers, trees, bushes, etc. Planted about 200 trees on the hill tonight, WOW a lot of trees, will finish up all the extraneous tuffs, bushes, etc I hope this week. Still have the foreground to do, part of an apple orchard, fence & horses from the old layout will move here.

Hello guys and gals. This is my first attempt at scenery. It still needs some touchups of course but I'd love to hear any feedback, whether it be negative or positive. I wasn'twasn't able to spread the plaster cloth appropriately but I think the rest looks decent. The piece is only a little over 2 feet long and 8 inches wide. I had an absolute blast creating it! Thank you for any feedback.

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