02/04/2021

Catching up on scenery

 Slowly getting more done

     After a rush to get more done on the Monarch Branch last month this month has started well with scenery work well underway in the town of Montrose.

     With a good supply of ground cover from various manufactures along with several lots of fine ballast in a variety of grades it was time to do some ballasting and get this town well under way.

     I needed to fill in all the gaps in the sub-roadbed cork then start with the ballasting.

     I used several brands and shades of ballast including cinders to endevour to get the look I was after. Once this had dried a gave it a light airbrush of AK Interactive Soot to blend the ballast in a bit. Varieties of old fashioned Woodland Scenics foam was applied with some of their Blended turf in some areas and static grasses from a range of manufactures in others.

    I already had a good supply of pine trees made many months ago when the guys were for a tree making day so next came production of Autumnal Aspens using Super Tree armatures and three shades of coloured fine foam.

The following images show where I am up to as of today.





    

      Montrose is coming along nicely however there is still lots to do on the Left.

As usual thanks for stopping by.

Rod.

3 comments:

  1. That's really looking fine Rod. The scenery blends so well with the painted backdrop and I like the way the peak of the freight house roof is maintained and just enough of the back side kept to give it more depth.

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  2. I will have to live my HOn3 aspirations vicariously through your superb work! I had serious intentions of modeling the Chili Line, with the Monarch Branch as "Plan B" if space considerations changed.

    What a great scene you've created.

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  3. Thanks Paul. Not prototypical as I live in Australia but having fun never the less.
    Rod.

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