Angry Beaver Logging RR micro layout

[vsmith]

What I've been working on...

New micro-layout underway, this is 24” x 24” using a 21” dia Aristo circle track, blue foam mountains shaped and carved with a hot wire and hot knife tools.

 

Picked up some ground cover at the Dollar Stores, ground oregano, ground rosemary, thyme and Italian seasoning, if nothing else this is going to be the best smelling layout ever.

I started putting down the Italian seasoning ground cover, its looks pretty good and smells wonderful!

I'm sticking the trees on the upper part in it right now. I like the looks but I'm uncertain about the adhesive method to use, right now they are just stick in with friction so I can get the look right, I might use the same PowerGrip adhesive I used for the foam itself. I also have to test run locos on it when I place trees down on the lower half to make sure I have the clearances, also I have to look at possibly cutting one or two of my tall trees in half and trimming them to make smaller trees. So far the results look promising.

Well I've been putting the rest the trees on and its starting to take nice shape. Added more small trees on the lower part but on the upper part its getting nice and crowded.

 

Project to date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still have to add the track ballast, I stained the kitty litter today and its now drying in the last of the summer heat. Coming together nicely.

[ttrigg]

Packing 5 pounds of fun in a 2 pound bag.

[vsmith]

On a whim I stopped by Michaels and found that the Lemax Christmas stuff had a set that includes two squirrels and a fox, and another with two squirrels on a stump, they are the right size but are the ugliest painted animals I have ever seen. The squirrels look like they were painted by someone who had never seen any sort of animal before let alone a squirrel and the fox looks like a Golden Retriever, oy vey finest Chinese prisoner workmanship...where's my piant ;-)

[vsmith]

Furry fuzzy woodland creatures

Foxy Woxie, after his repaint, some of his Golden Retrieverness still coming thru....

FoxyWoxie had to recieve a new tail. I was cutting him off the base when it snapped off and broke the tail off in the process and into the dimensional portal that seams to exist under every workbench. So I had to improvise, the tree stump I bought had the bushy tail of a squirrel sticking out of the stump, I cut it off and added it to Foxy.

 

the Lemax sets also included these rabbits which also needed a little paint.

and it wouldnt be complete without an Angry Beaver

Next up...ballast

[jarable]

Brilliant. Makes me miss A.W.N.U.T.S. magazine for this kind of thing. What are you using as motive power there?

[vsmith]

In the pic, It's a kitbashed HLW loco

[PVT Kanaka]

Looks like a lot of fun in a small space!

[vsmith]

https://youtu.be/mGlpbPzjUyM

 

The Angry Beaver on the road at the 2016 Great Train Show in Costa Mesa

[vsmith]

As of today, the Angry Beaver has been SOLD! ...and delivered to an extremely nice couple in Etiwanda ☺

I met them at the BTS, they were very taken with the Beaver, and after the show they made me on offer and I said yes! I needed to finish the ballasting which I did last week so today I drove it over to them. I also delivered the HLW Angry Beaver Betsy steam loco, an LGB logging car and a bashed caboose. I am very glad that it's going to be with people who really enjoy it.

 

Now, I have room for the next G mini pizza. I have already started cutting foam, this next one will be an experiment using Gargraves flextrack which I have had for a while. I also recently picked up a Llagas Creek code 250 track bender, but that's for future use. But back to the new pizza, can you say: Schmatterhoern?