Cisco Bridges: a new layout concept

[coldriver]

Some progress on vegetation.  The sage-coloured foam from Timberline Scenery is a good match.

is this what you're using Scott?  I assume the coarse texture?

http://www.timberlinescenery.com/Lost-Canyon-Sage-Ground-Cover_p_76.html

[Scottl]

Yes, that is it.  I used the fine texture variant.  I bought some of their small bush material too and found it to be just chunks of spongy material and not at all what I wanted, so I use bits of Supertrees as my bush armature, and glue on the sage foliage.

[Scottl]

I was away for the week train watching in Berlin (well, some work too...) and this let the cement dry thoroughly.  I mixed up a brown-gray color but it looks more gray now that it is on the layout. I'll see how it looks but may do a second coat.

2017-12-02 15.02.10 by Scott L, on Flickr

The broader view:

2017-12-02 15.01.43 by Scott L, on Flickr

I had a package of detail parts arrive for the MOW scene. Lots of things yet to do but it is starting to look finished now with the river.

[SirTainly]

it's looking brilliant, and reminds me fondly of my trips up there to railfan! I actually have a photo from Lytton hanging on my kitchen wall. (the full sized version of my profile pic)

[Scottl]

Thanks! 

I really like that bridge in Lytton, it is so accessible and a great scene.

[Scottl]

OK, it was too gray. 

After some agonizing over paint chips, I came up with the perfect muddy brown (which is called "Dark Legacy Gold" ).  I repainted and then textured with thick gloss medium and then the waves were highlighted with zinc white liquid paint.  A little more work is needed but it looks about right to me based on photos I took of the scene at the end of May.

2017-12-03 20.46.56 by Scott L, on Flickr

[PGE_Modeller]

Looks fantastic, Scott!

Cheers,

[Lemosteam]

Incredible.  The river level view of the snow shield in the background is stunning.  Need to see that same shot with the river now complete.

 

[Scottl]

Thanks!  I'll have to get out the SLR and get some proper shots.  These are just from my cell and it is showing it's age.

I fooled a bit in GIMP last night and cleaned up the image to what I hope it will look like when finished.

2017-12-03 20.46.56a by Scott L, on Flickr

[svedblen]

That river looks great. And you did without any fancy ”water products”. Just ordinary paint and likwise. Well Done. 

[Scottl]

I have not made much progress other than to get a few modelling projects off my workbench and onto the layout.  The grain train is about half weathered and "modernized".  I received a new cell phone for Christmas so I took the opportunity to experiment with video and put this compilation together.  Some of the scenes need finishing work and I need better audio editing software!

Happy New Year everyone!

https://youtu.be/_hoSTFimKTU

[GaryHinshaw]

Excellent!  Very nice video quality.  I especially liked the zoom shot of the box car train crawling over the bridge.

[Scottl]

Thanks!  It is a Samsung A5 and has native HD video capture.  I prefer this over my SLR as I can get the phone into many track side locations.  I also used strong supplemental lighting, which seemed to improve the overall sharpness of the video imagery. 

[jpwisc]

Awesome video Scott! What software do you use for editing your videos?

[svedblen]

Looks great! I especially like the scene around 1:00.

But you gotta find a way of making the water move as well!