General Discussion (Model Railroader)

BRAKIE wrote:

Joe,I find the best teacher for scenery is Mother Nature..Its always good to study on how to do scenery work but,Mother Nature is the best teacher that shows how things should be even with man's interference.

From the script to my how-to video on model RR scenery -- I'm talking with newcomer Rick about the secrets to realistic scenery ...

"The first thing you need to do is learn to observe nature. Studying photographs works good too, as long as the photo is properly exposed and has reasonably good-looking color."

So I couldn't agree more.

Joe, I enjoy reading your material.  Am I not following the link correctly?

Where's the new info?

Edit: It's cool to see a person in the same shot as those trees.  Wow, I would not have guessed they were that big.

Often times HO stuff looks like O stuff when you really start to model larger items.

Joe,

 Now that I've looked at the previews, I can't wait(don't have much choice) for the whole video.  Want to see how you hide the seam in the vinyl backdrop, among other things.

 Bob Hayes

Bob:

DAP Vinyl Spackling, of course (seriously) ...  

SBCA wrote:

Joe, I enjoy reading your material.  Am I not following the link correctly? Where's the new info? Edit: It's cool to see a person in the same shot as those trees.  Wow, I would not have guessed they were that big. Often times HO stuff looks like O stuff when you really start to model larger items.

SBCA:

Did you finally get the link to work? If not, send me a private message (pm - below) and I'll help you figure out the problem so the link will work.

Yes, I like to put a person in the picture to remind you how big (or small) those models really are. 

I think I got it - follow the link to the video.  I thought there was something on the exact page you were linking to.

SBCA wrote:

I think I got it - follow the link to the video.  I thought there was something on the exact page you were linking to.

Actually, there's some news of interest to people who may be looking for more info about my scenery techniques on the page itself and if you want to know more, yes, there's a link to some video previews.

All of the chapters in the DVD will also eventually be turned into video PDFs for MR as part of the new Tenmile Creek series -- so you can get the video info either way -- your choice. The MR video PDF versions, since they're a chapter at a time, will probably come out sooner than the model-trains-video.com DVD since the DVD can't be produced until all the chapters are done. 

If you want to know more about the specifics, you can email me directly or can go post questions in the forum on my web site. 

For those interested in more on my scenery techniques, I'm doing a series of downloadable video PDFs for Model Railroader called the "Tenmile Creek" series. Please email or pm me directly if you want to know more ... or visit my website (link in my signature).