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Getting just a little less Chlid like. New Hills

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Getting just a little less Chlid like. New Hills
Posted by cudaken on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 10:28 PM

 In many ways not worth reading but I am a little happy with the new hills. Some of you may have read Good Day Bad Day when the glue ate the foam. Got it done around a month ago and now has around 100 tress.

 

 

 All the sections are lift off hills so I can open the garage door and work on the rails

 This is the second section.

 

 I got some ground cover on it and have a nother 70 tress or so for it.

 Next section still in foam.

 

  With no plaster it fits well with the first section. Will add some rock out crops to the foam section to cover the joint. Many thing is to make sure each section can be picked up.

 Reason there is no portal on the right side is the track will get a grade and want to make sure the trains will clear the rat hole.

 Comparied to the great modelers here yes it is a joke. But then again it is a start. Next section will be foam based so I can carve details.

 

                     Cuda Ken

  

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Posted by mikelhh on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:12 PM

 Good on you, Ken .  I like the variety of tree shapes and colours, and your soil/rock colours are good too, and I especially like the not-too-pretty green in the 3rd pic.

 Mike 

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Posted by simon1966 on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 6:39 AM

Ken, you are making some real progress and have a right to feel happy about what you have achieved.  The scenery you have done has already made a world of difference to the flat board look you started with. 

 

Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum

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Posted by cudaken on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:53 AM

 Thanks for the complants, guess for being new and first few trys not doing bad. I like the off color gree as well, adds a little detail. As far as the rock colors, I first mix latex paint to the plaster called Burnt Clay, then use a gray and dark brown wash. The paint I use for the wash came from Walmart and 79 cents a bottel so prices is more than fair.

 I will post a few more pic after the 3 rd hill is plastered and trees added to the second hill.

 

                        Cuda Ken

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:41 AM
I love it when the scenery starts coming together.

Chip

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Posted by ARTHILL on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:44 AM
Nice progress. Your artistry is looking good. Trees need some underbrush, but that will come. Isn't carving foam scenery fun?
If you think you have it right, your standards are too low. my photos http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/ARTHILL/ Art
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Posted by selector on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:17 AM

Yeah, Ken, you tackled all the hard stuff first...getting your trains to perform for you.  Now you can enjoy the fun stuff.  This is where you can go all out and try different things to suit your taste.  Don't be afraid to muck things up and start over if the look is no good.  Slather more plaster or paint, whichever, and re-ground foam to get the look you want.  I dip "bush" clumps in a tin top filled with carpenter's glue and place them individually.  You'd think, "Holy cow, this is gonna take until my 50th birthday!", but you can "bush" a big chunk of layout property in just an hour once you get busy.

 

Where's the smiley, by the way?  Yuh gotta have a smiley after a post dealing with scenery...it's a rule.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:31 PM
I hope all the Winged Slot cars are still in the garage.  Shawn SJS clued me into your hwereabouts.  Nice scene.      David
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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:46 PM

 Dave my old Wing Warrior fan, glad to see you here. I am guessing it will be a short stay unless you get on the cray train as well. Yes all the Daytonas and Superbirds, Cuda's and Charger's are sitting in the garage and show room of the dealership waiting to be unleashed on the Bow Ties and Blue Oval guys.

 I still have all the 320' of slot car track, all the power traps, transfomers etc. Just to bad I never found a local slot car fan to races aginst. (By the way HO Train fans I have a few slot cars that would cover the 320' track in 10.3 seconds)

 Hope you make up my way sometime, I think you have my E-mail at the slot car site.

 http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j284/cudaken/?action=view&current=IM000037.flv

 This is one of my slow cars, 70 Plymouth Superbird / Tyco Magume 440 with a few mods.

                  Cuda Ken

 

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Posted by jep1267 on Friday, March 9, 2007 8:47 AM
The layout looks great but how about some shots of the Cuda in your Avitar?Cool [8D]
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Posted by cudaken on Friday, March 9, 2007 11:50 PM

 Jep, the car in my pic is not a Cuda it is my 69 Charger R/T.

 

 Here is my 70 Cuda

 

 Then my baby and bad boy of the family, 1968 426 Road Runner. I got the Runner from Mon and Dad when I was 17, they bought it new. Will run 11.80 on street tires and closed exhaust. Yea the Blown 440 make more HP but till I add a 4 link rear end it will never hook up. 60 MPH in second it will lite the hides, looks cool but no traction no action. It is a older PIC but I really like this one.

 

 

                    Cuda Ken, sorry off topic

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Posted by jep1267 on Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:25 AM

Ken,

Nice! I didn't think it looked like a Cuda it was hard to see on my screen but I took a guess based on your screen name. I'm a Chevy guy myself, I have a 69 Camaro (contrary to popular beleif not everyone has one LOL) RS/SS inmy garage that I did a cmplete restoration on but I have a soft spot for Mopars espcialy 69/70 Roadrunners.

Oh, and to keep it on topic your scenery is comming along nicely. Your trees look great. WHat scale and size is your benchwork?

 

J.P.

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Posted by cudaken on Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:42 PM

 It is U shape, 19' X 8' X 13' and between 4' and 5' wide. As far as the trees some are hand made my me but most a store bought. Take a while to make them, but keeps me busy when thing are slow at work.

 

                    Cuda Ken, close to spring time to fire up the Runner again.

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