Sloooow progress is better than

[jacon12]

noooooo progress [:D]
and thats what I'm making now... slooooow but steady.
I'm trying to get this blasted mountain to LOOK like a mountain. I added some sections to the top for a scene block

and I took a wire bru***o the whole thing to try and shape it up some, but still have a ways to go. I think the scene block will work pretty good when finished. I wasn't able to add a lot because I need the space behind it for a couple of tracks..

I still need room back there for rocks, bushes trees etc.
I'm still a little intimidated my ALL that BLUE! Maybe if I would just paint it, but then I haven't decided if I'm going to go with just the carved foam for a base or cover it with hydrocal soaked towels. I know I'll use the hst's over on the incline so I might as well use them on every other spot.
What'cha think so far? Any and all suggestions always appreciated.
Jarrell

[tstage]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jacon12
I'm still a little intimidated my ALL that BLUE! Maybe if I would just paint it...

Jarrell,

I know what you mean, my friend. Pink is STILL to dominant color on my layout. [:(]

Tom

[jacon12]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage

QUOTE: Originally posted by jacon12
I'm still a little intimidated my ALL that BLUE! Maybe if I would just paint it...

Jarrell,

I know what you mean, my friend. Pink is STILL to dominant color on my layout. [:(]

Tom

Don't ya get tired of it, Tom! I think what I'm going to do is the 'one section at a time' thing. Do the 'mountain' end of the layout to completion and then move on to the next section. This blue keeps reminding me of the Artic icefields.
Naayh... I can't even make up my mind just how I want to fini***he thing, carve the foam, paint it and scenik it, or use hydrocal... or maybe both.
[sigh]
Jarrell

[rrinker]

Slow and steady, always good.

I too am living on the Pink Prairie for now. Maybe 3/4 of it is ready for a coat of the nice earthy brown I got on the OOPS rack at Home Depot, that would be a 100% improvement. But it is going to rain tomorrow so I can't open the window to air things out - plus letting in all the outdoor humidity wold just mean the paint won't dry - and defeat the purpose of running the dehumdifier.

--Randy

[selector]

Jarrell, add another short layer along the bottom of the slope, all the way along, to make it more natural. Also, where the far portal lies, pare back that slope atop it so that it looks more natural; it is too rock-like or steep right now.

Those recommendations aside, I think you are doing very well indeed.

This reflects my experience in the weeks after Christmas. I'd get two layers down, do some shaping, add another, and so on, and it took me two weeks to get my mountain shaped. It was only after I had all the terrain sculpted and the track laid and proven that I got excited because I knew scenicking was next. Once I had learned how to apply it (about one hour), the rest went in a blur.

If you are contemplating Aggro trees, now would be a good time to begin to learn how to make them. In your spare time, when you don't feel like carving foam, make three or four Aggro trees. It is all time towards completion of the layout scenicking. This is good for variety, but it also gives you time near your layot when you can give a more critical eye to how it is developing without being in that blind urge to just get the da*ned thing ready for the Shay.

[MisterBeasley]

Slow is good. Step away from it for a few days. When you get back, your mind may be full of new ideas. Work on a building, or do some wiring. My world is pink, too, but right now I've got decoders to install. See ya!

[oleirish]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jacon12

noooooo progress [:D]
and thats what I'm making now... slooooow but steady.
I'm trying to get this blasted mountain to LOOK like a mountain. I added some sections to the top for a scene block

and I took a wire bru***o the whole thing to try and shape it up some, but still have a ways to go. I think the scene block will work pretty good when finished. I wasn't able to add a lot because I need the space behind it for a couple of tracks..

I still need room back there for rocks, bushes trees etc.
I'm still a little intimidated my ALL that BLUE! Maybe if I would just paint it, but then I haven't decided if I'm going to go with just the carved foam for a base or cover it with hydrocal soaked towels. I know I'll use the hst's over on the incline so I might as well use them on every other spot.
What'cha think so far? Any and all suggestions always appreciated.
Jarrell

KEEP at it!! looking good,I think selector is right on ,about the sugestion.

JIM

[Anonymous]

I got tired of the pink/blue glow, too.

So, I added some green tint to some paint I had and painted the whole layout a light green. You'd be surprised at how much better that looks and it only takes about an hour.

http://www.ironpeng.com/mrr/overall.html

Mike Tennent

[jacon12]

I will definitely work on that sheer vertical corner by the far portal and add an inch or so along the bottom of the 'mountain' I'll try to slope it up so that it blends better. I'll have to do a google search on Aggro trees..[%-)] It's high time I started making them.
No Randy, don't want that humidity in the train room!
Mr. Beasley, ever put a decoder in a Shay?
Jim, I don't know what I'm doing ... yet... so slow is the only thing I CAN do right now!
Mike, you look like you're ahead of me so I'd appreciate it if you'd post more of your photos.
Jarrell

[oleirish]

[:D]ever put a decoder in a Shay?Jarrell you did it,my two shays were a peace of cake to put decoders in,they both have can motors and are insalted from the frame.I my case about ten min. per engine.
JIM