help help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Just don't get your finger (thumb) between the sledge and wedge. It'll pop like a squashed orange. Got a little careless a few years back, late in the afternoon and WELL!!!!

I just cleared out a 50ft X 75ft area of my back yard for my lay out and used loppers and pruners to cut anything straight 12in to 18 in and 1 inch or smaller in dia for use as logs, etc

Bill

[RhB_HJ]

Hey Brian,

We live right by a provincial park (Kalamalka Lake), it's out through our back gate, we're in the park.

Well with last year's wildfires the park people decided to take some preemptive measures. The park started out as a grassland preserve with stands of Ponderosa pine.
But there is now a lot of underbrush, so they're clearing out.

Amongst the stuff they're cutting: Saskatoons, perfect for carloads of whatever. They look like real hardwood, bark and all! And of course there are plenty of small Ponderosa pine branches for coniferous loads. There is nothing like the real MacCoy!
BTW in the smaller scales I use branches from elms, especially good for split firewood.

Cedar is good for split-rail fences, which we produce from N scale to Large Scale. I actually split some of the 1:1 stuff way back when, just to get the feel of how much work that must have been. Three large wedges and a heavy sledge hammer will do it.[;)][;)]

[bman36]

scratch b rules,
I like your idea. I use dead pine branches and cut them up for scale firewood. Easy to split and makes a great prop for any scene. Later eh...Brian.

[Anonymous]

Try using dead branches from a ceader tree very real and will last for ever

[jmozz]

HJ thankyou thank you thankyou jmozz

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jmozz

HJ you are right but this link is something i want to try see if i can create the same magic jmozz

jmozz,

I hadn't seen the link or the post, but I had my sneaky suspicions. Soooooo here you go: http://4largescale.com/chris/c14.htm

As I like to say: Finding things is easy if you know where to start.[:D][:D][:D]

Yep, Chris works some real magic, he gets to practise on movie sets and other such things.[;)][:)][8D]

[jmozz]

HJ you are right but this link is something i want to try see if i can create the same magic jmozz

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jmozz

i look at a link that showed you how to make logs from blue foam i can'tfind the link in the forum please reprint that link thahks jmozz

How about trying real wood? Saves a lot of shaping, texturing and painting. also gives you the extra weight that most of the cars need anyway.
Or do I need to post a picture how good real logs look on a flat car?[sigh][sigh]

[jmozz]

i look at a link that showed you how to make logs from blue foam i can'tfind the link in the forum please reprint that link thahks jmozz