Scenery - Structures

bear creek's picture

Backdrop painting video - hills and sky

Tue, 2015-09-01 22:00 — bear creek

Here's a video I produced back in 2011 showing some techniques for painting clouds with an airbrush and producing simple distant hills backdrops.

 

Cheers,

Charlie

trainmaster247's picture

Glenn Westlake Middle School Model Railroad Club--Construction Phase

Tue, 2015-09-01 05:16 — trainmaster247

Well It is time to start up the new blog for the school club for construction and we already have a pretty good start. I  won't say much more here just to keep the intro short so read on..

Ancient Modeler's picture

Backdrop Completed

Mon, 2015-08-31 09:09 — Ancient Modeler

The backdrop for my Sn3 exhibition layout has been completed. You can read about it on the C&Sn3 blog here: http://coloradosouthern.blogspot.com/

Enjoy if you visit, Darel

rrfaniowa's picture

Help modeling a scrap dealer with crane

Sun, 2015-08-30 19:45 — rrfaniowa

I’ll be including a scrap / recycling dealer on my layout and would like some input on what others have done to model large piles of metal scrap effectively. See attached photos.

Also, does anyone know if there are good, detailed models of magnetic cranes used in those lots, perhaps even a hydraulic claw that grabs large piles of scrap?

arthurhouston's picture

Using Foam and Hot Knifes

Sat, 2015-08-29 13:20 — arthurhouston

Many good how too videos on this one done recently on MRH. Here is how I use the foam and the tools to create my scenery on the Grande Pacific Railroad. Need to watch two videos on The Big Scene to have full understanding

 

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Building a Junk Yard

Fri, 2015-08-28 13:33 — Acuransx15

Hey again everyone! I've decided to take a break from scenery (especially trees) for a bit to move onto something more exciting for me. 

For the past week I've been working on my scrap yard. It's not a rail served industry on my layout because of space constraints but what I'll mention here today will help with the junk itself, not the operation.

New source for Ming Fern for you conifer tree builders

Thu, 2015-08-27 21:21 — AGHRMatt

Lately, we've been unable to find Ming Fern to make more realistically-sized pine trees for O scale (20" tall). Our local sources (Michaels, flower mart, craft stores, etc.) completely ran out and their suppliers were out. We found some about a year ago, but that supply dried up. I don't know how the situation is for others making conifers using this technique, but we found another supplier and would like to throw as many tree-builders his way so he'll keep stocking Ming Fern. The supplier is:

 

JR Roses

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Horseshoe & Cottonwood Update #5

Tue, 2015-08-25 23:43 — Rob_C

Quick update from eastern California in 1911:

Looking for eastern US engine house designs

Sun, 2015-08-23 12:05 — TrentUK86

Hi - I'm aware that this is one of those questions Google image search should be able to answer, but in this case my keywords don't seem to be getting me the answers I'm looking for ... as ever, the hope is that my begging threads here will lead to something good to share with you in time. 

I'm contemplating an engine house somewhere on my layout, and I'm looking for a prototype. Except I'm not sure such a prototype exists.


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