My new Layout

[Lynnb]

Nice pics for sure.

 

[beiland]

Sorry about that somewhat double posting of some of those photos. I still have trouble with posting photos on this forum.

I went back to edit that first posting,...delete 2 of the photos, then add the others. BUT somehow I guess I did not delete 2, and add the other2, ....instead I made another posting. Sorry for the confusion.

But then again you can never have TOO MANY photos of trestle bridges

 

[Sweet-Chuck]

Dang-very very nice. I am envious (not just of your modeling skills) but of the space you have available for the layout. I am absolutely limited at the space and therefore layout options I can do .
Fabulous work.

 

[Lynnb]

Dang-very very nice. I am envious (not just of your modeling skills) but of the space you have available for the layout. I am absolutely limited at the space and therefore layout options I can do .
Fabulous work.

Thanks Chuck for the compliment. Its not the size of space that matters but what you do with it. I some times wish I was working in a smaller area, I'm sometimes over whelmed.

 

[Lynnb]

Got a bit of time in on scenery. I reached as far as I could and will have to work from the other end.
Looks like I need to spend some time making somemore ground foam and blended debri.

 

[wombat457]

Lynn,

That looks superb!

The colors and structure immediately reminded me of the Tropical Queensland Rain Forests. Add a bunch of trees and bingo - you have a Queensland Rain Forest! Not that that is what you want, but to me, that is how good your work looks.

 

[Sweet-Chuck]

Thanks Chuck for the compliment. Its not the size of space that matters but what you do with it. I some times wish I was working in a smaller area, I'm sometimes over whelmed.

I really do agree with that....it's just that it's quite difficult to many track options on a 4x11!!

 

[Lynnb]

Lynn,

That looks superb!

The colors and structure immediately reminded me of the Tropical Queensland Rain Forests. Add a bunch of trees and bingo - you have a Queensland Rain Forest! Not that that is what you want, but to me, that is how good your work looks.

Thanks Tony as you must have noticed by now I enjoy a very nice healthy looking layout, trees will come soon.
Plan of action: I'm making a couple retaining walls for where the river will pass under the trestle
Finish off to the top of the river where I will be cutting in a bridge
Do a repour of the upper river and then a waterfall and lower water area.

None of the above will happen real quick as I have other things to do like replemishing my home made ground foam and getting more white glue for securing the scenery in place.

 

[Lynnb]

I really do agree with that....it's just that it's quite difficult to many track options on a 4x11!!

Chuck 4x11 isn't all that small , for instance if you had 4 feet on both ends and if you could squeak a few inches around each of that 4 foot then its perfect for a loop to loop with some 2 % grades, or even no grades but let the landscape rise and fall giving the illusion of the track climbing. I actually learned a lot about that technique while building my last layout and is why it is integrated in this layout. If I didn't wish for the track over track over passes then I wouldn't have had much grades at all. I'd scenic the heck out of that area your working on.

 

[Johne230]

All I can say is beautiful work!

 

[Lynnb]

Thanks John

 

[Lynnb]

Puttering along with the scenery. I was hoping to pour the water but its just not practical having to get the next area joined in first.

I also added retaining walls to the river banks under the trestle.

This will be the next area to be joined up

 

[wombat457]

Not sure about the "puttering along" bit, but it is looking great no matter how it is getting there!

 

[steveparkinson]

Looks great, can wait to see the scenery finished with that trestle in place. It will definitely be a perfect spot for trainspotters to hang out.

Steve

 

[Lynnb]

Thanks guys for the nice compliments. I head back to work for day shift tomorrow morning so it'll be very slow going for the next 4 days.

 

[Rico]

Wow lots to catch up on since I last checked in!
Very nice Lynn, and that trestle is impressive!

 

[syrous]

Nice progress Lynn. Getting alot done.

 

[montanan]

That's some really excellent work. Well done. Keep the pictures coming.

 

[Lynnb]

Thanks guys , my days off are coming.

 

[Lynnb]

I finally got around to filling in the area a bit, there will be a road going up the hill and over a bridge. Not sure what I'm doing with the lower area, its a bit too flat for my liking.