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I just did this recently, but I didn't add water - just picked some leaves, and ground the hell out of them with a coffee style grinder. I'm using this in areas that will be tree covered. Here's a couple of pictures. The first is shown against just the painted hill side (the center strip is the ground leaves) and a full shot, with a bit of Scenic Express Alpine Meadow seasoning.
Take your time assembling the Segents, and follow the instructions about breaking them in - it's very important, otherwise you may get frustrated. As long as you can reach your trains, the Sergents are a good choice.
Crandall, do you accept criticism? This is a great picture, but two things stand out that immediately detract from it 1. the "too tall and oddly shaped" woodland scenics tan grass. I have a bunch of that stuff, and have never been able to make it look right. 2. the "plastic" looking wall of the roundhouse. The foundation looks fine, it's the brickwork that still needs a touch of attention. Great overall though.
Not much for me this week, but I finished the Branchline Shed Pack I've had lying around. Here's a quick sample (this is not where the buildings go).
I played with photoshop a little bit this week. CV 4442 pulling off the main
For what little it's worth, I'm moving my cars to Sergents. I find they look better, and I've had lot better luck using them then the Kadees and knock offs. I can see how the tool could pull a handle though. I also don't like that the tools seem to shatter on my bare concrete floor, always breaking in two when I drop them. There is a lot of resistance to the Sergents from folks. Some of them are legitimate concerns - It would be a pain and expensive to convert a large fleet of rolling
Sheldon, thanks for your reply. Note that my comment on resistance wasn't in any way aimed at any individual, including yourself, but instead at distinct trends I've seen in threads throughout my limited 2 years in the hobby, and participation on this forum. I have in that limited time gotten the impression that replies to inquires are often derived from not as much fact, as they are from personal impression. To have an open conversation on knuckle couplers in HO scale and not include Sergents
Practice is the best teacher, so I'd recommend it 100%. Besides, if it comes out as well as you think, why can't you intergrate it into your finished layout? Just insert and blend the edges.
For what little it's worth, I'd have to echo the majority of comments so far. Using the commercial turnouts for the "now" is a grand idea, but I wouldn't give up that easy on the Fast Tracks. After the second one, I started having fun assembling them, and it didn't become work at all. As mentioned, the videos are well worth watching - especially the soldering one - if you haven't. I did find for an attractive turnout, you do need the right solder (.015), and the right
[quote user="1948PRR"] I guess I'm not too concerned that my track work doesn't have the "fine detail" many people are into lately, but it always bothered me to see hand laid track that only has spikes (and very obvious and large ones) on evey fourth ot fifth tie. I think that kills any added detail anywhere else. [/quote] 1948PRR, I may be mistaken, but I didn't think that track details were the reasons folks hand lay their track (maybe a few decades ago, but not
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