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Trackside Photo (Details make the difference)

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Trackside Photo (Details make the difference)
Posted by nbrodar on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:06 PM

Details really do make the difference.  I added fisherman, a couple childred, and some deer to bring this scene to life:

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:05 PM
I agree.  The fishermen add a lot.  The kids are hard to see in the photo.

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Posted by nbrodar on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:50 PM

Mr. B,

You are quite right, the kids are hard to see. Here's a close up:

Nick

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Posted by simon1966 on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:53 AM
Nice shot!  At first glance I did not notice that this was a double track arrangement and thought the caboose was levitating down the rails!!

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:36 AM

They sure do, Nick.  All of a sudden the scene comes to 'life'!

BTW, that's some goodlookin' rock formations you have there also.  Are they made with rubber molds?

Jarrell

 

 

 

 nbrodar wrote:

Details really do make the difference.  I added fisherman, a couple childred, and some deer to bring this scene to life:

Nick

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Posted by nbrodar on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:48 AM

Thanks guys.

Jarrell, I used WS rubber molds and plaster of paris for the rock formations.   The one behind the D&H caboose is the same mold tilted a couple different ways.  The outcropping on the right is two molds repeated at different angles.   And I think the outcropping below the bridge, is left over pieces from the other two formations.

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Posted by metalfrog on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:00 PM
a very nice scene indeed.i also think the rock outcropings look great.any more pics? terry....

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