Scenery - Structures
The stone arch bridge completed!
I completed the scratch built stone arch brigde (viaduct). Here´s a photo from the final result:
White River Junction coaling tower etc. finished - thanks for your help
When I was making a coaling tower I posted the best photo that I had of the tower and asked for ideas.
Merging 3D bluffs with Photo Backdrop?
The Mississippi River bluffs surrounding Dubuque, Iowa, rise and recede simultaneously. I'm hoping to fashion narrow benchwork, so, is it possible to model 40ft-50ft of bluff height and use a photo backdrop to show the rest of the bluff height?
The question, I think, is can the two - modeled scenery and photo backdrop scenery - be merged to look seamless? Color matching will be key, but other issues, such as a flat backdrop with 3D scenery in front impossible to look good?
Thanks much,
Brian Chapman / Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Update on the reverse loop with the quarry Scene
Greetings fellow modelers of the greatest hobby on earth. I have been busy with the quarrie scene here are the latest pics. I have plastered the and started shaping the dig site, and adding color. 
IAIS's West End - Atlantic depot
The ex-Rock Island depot at Atlantic, Iowa, now housing the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce, is a real landmark of my prototype, and the events of the last few weeks have led me a few steps closer to modeling it. While I'm sure that completion is far in my future, I thought I'd document the initial planning steps and then come back to this post as I make progress.
More to come in the first post.
Enginehouse completed
Work on the engine house structure is complete. A Pikestuff enginehouse and a showroom kit were combined to form the structure.
Sand Tower
Finally making progress... I finished the diesel sand tower from Walthers Kit #933-3182 and the concrete fueling pad for the tower and the rest of the locomotive servicing equipment (working on those now). The weathering on the sand tower was done using the techniques learned in the "Weathering Like a Pro" two part video series done by Mike Confalone, if you don't own them I would highly recommend you do so. Overall I'm pleased with how it turned out.
Juneco kit # 17 Instructions
Can any readers help a guy with the instructions to the above kit?
I went to a flea market and bought the kit without realizing the instructions where missing. PLEASE help. Thanx., steveklein@shaw.ca
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