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[quote user="mtrails"] Below is a pic of the basic placement of things as of today, and an imposed illustration of the basic scene (all of the details of course will fall into place.. I hope!) The red "X" is an alternate place for the windmill, and otherwise an area which I (and other club members) can't figure out what could be modeled in this area. By the way, there are 3 of us working on this scene, all of us knowing jack, about farms in general. Having read the recent posts tonite, I can bring several suggestions for this area to the other members and see what we decide on. Maybe someone on the forum could favor a specific scene to realisticaly put this scene together?[#welcome] Thanks again everyone! [img]http://www.montana-rails.com/farm2.jpg[/img] Jeremy [/quote] Hi Jeremy, I have come in too late to add much of use.  The other guys have give you good suggestions. Something I would suggest is that your barn is far too close to the house.  I know you would hate me for it, but I question whether you have room for both.  How about having just the barn?  I can't see what is along past the crop field.  Maybe the house could go there. That rock outcrop on the side of the hill looks great.  I would not hide it behind trees.  Put some trees around it by all means, but don't hide it.  Sheep or goats could graze on your hill.  Too steep for cows or horses. The windmill?  You will really hate me, but there is one practical problem.  No one in his right mind would tuck a windmill in under such a steep hill.  The wind would be too restricted.  Take your windmill down past the end of the crop field at least. For my money put in a few run down looking sheds like the other guys described for farm machinery.  Make a stock yard for loading livestock on to trucks where you have the red X.  Then at one of your sidings make a stock yard where they get loaded on to trains. I am not really a kill joy by nature, but you have limited space and trying to squeeze in the house and the barn might be too much.  The health inspectors would nix the idea.[swg]   EDIT  Perhaps that hill is not as steep as I thought at first.  Cows would get up there.  And the windmill would be OK. If  you are going to have a windmill it has to have some purpose to pump something.  Put some water troughs and the wind mill near the stock yards I suggesed.
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