Hi all,

Lew at Knew Concepts sent me this video this morning...

The man knows a good tool when he sees it!

Tim Warris

Fast Tracks

Anyone with resources for realistically modeling earthen fills? Specifically I am looking for info on the slope angles that are used by railroads when making fills. I searched MRH without much luck, though I found a few photos. 

I have one scene where I want to feature the track curving through the scene on a tall fill with a dramatic mountain scene on the backdrop photo, but I need to get the fill right or it won't look good.

Thanks

I'm going to be able to make a trip over to the cost for a of day picture taking and history gathering.  I plan on seeing the Simpson mill in Korbel and Pacific Lumber in Scotia.  Do they still have the walking tour for PALCO? Anything else I should see while I'm there?  Anything AMR I should check out?   Anybody have a recommendation for a cheap and clean place to stay for a night - Motel 6?

TIA

Steve

Just got back from the Atlanta show. It was my first NTS and it was awesome! I even met Joe Fugate, his wife, and Les Halmos. As always at train shows, I scoured the dealer tables for freight cars on my want list. I was able to find some scarce ones that I needed, plus some that were too cool to pass up. If my upload worked, the attached video was shot on my HO Shasta Route layout showing my haul. Pretty much blew the hobby budget for a couple months at least (haven't assessed the complete damage yet). Also got some other books and misc trinkets.