River Scene Construction

Nice start.  Having a flatland railroad, color me jealous...

 

Rusty

 

 

Hi Rich,

It looks great so far.  Can't wait to see the progress and the finished product.  Thanks for sharing.

Mike A.

coat of plaster cloth applied.

 

 

 

A coat of Hydrocal for strength and rock castings attached with Sculptamold. Rocks were made from rubber molds using hydrocal. Sculptamold also used to blend rock edges and sculpted.

 

 

 

Rich

Next is giving the rocks color with a multitude of color washes.

 

 

 

A coating of Structolite to give the ground texture.

 

 

Great job so far!

Next is to paint earth undercoat.

 

 

 

A coating of a trackside grass/soil mix and then ballast. River rocks that will define deepwater are added. Forest turf is added trackside and pasture mix on the opposite side. Riverside vegetation added.

 

Looking real nice.

It's nice to see someone who knows what he is doing.

          Bob

          AMW

Very nice project.  Thank you for posting.

 Mike CT

Beautiful work and set of photos showing the progress.  Thanks for sharing.    

Thanks everyone. Still a ways to go.

 

 Added foliage fiber, multiple turf colors, streamside grasses and trees.

 

 

preliminary placing of cows in back pasture. The pastures will be separated by a

portable loading ramp (backordered). Front pasture will be populated by beef cattle. Fence is toothpicks and thread.

 

WOW looks great!

Rich, Those cows sure look happy in their new field (LOL).  Your scenery efforts are very realistic!

Mike A.

Some final details. Deepwater channel and shallow water painted and blended into shoreline. River rock added to the shallow bank and transitioned to low brush. Underwater weeds added downstream of rocks.

 

 

 

Fisherman and a few schooling salmon to be added. Realistic water will eventually be poured in when the entire length is completed. 

 

Rich 

Rich, VERY nice work. It looks like some of those GOLD creeks in Alasks. Your model skill is excelent. Thanks for sharing with us.

Very nice step by step process!!  Your work is that of an artist...just beautiful!

 

Alan

Truly outstanding.

That`s incredible. Very nice detail. 

 

    

  Norm

Thanks, but I'm no artist. Experimentation and experimentation.

 

Rich

Very nice looking work!!!!

Rich...  Absolutely beautiful work thank you for posting all the steps along the way loved watching the progress, one for the archives for sure..

Thanks for sharing. I can't say anything other than what has been said. Very nice work. It is refreshing to see some actual modeling being done

Extremely well done Rich!  Gives me inspiration!

You've done such a beautiful job up to this point but I want to give you something to think about before using Woodland Scenics Realistic Water. My friend used it on his layout about 3 years ago. It looked great at the time. Now, however it's all dull and I'm not sure what can be done with it. The stuff never really hardened and it appears that over time dust has settled into it. This could be an isolated case but I suspect it is all too common. Perhaps, others who have experience with it over time would comment.

 

Dennis

Beautiful work. I may have missed this... what kind of water surface are you using?

Trainman2001,

 

Pictures are of the painted surface only. Realistic water has not yet been added.

 

DennisB,

 

I have 2 pond settings done with Realistic water that are about 6 months old and so far no problems. I do know that the thinner the coating is , the better.

 

Rich

Rich,

 

My experience with WS Realistic Water is the same as Dennis B's. The best looking water is one that will stand up to periodic dusting while keeping its gloss. RW requires periodic re-surfacing as the dust tends to embed itself in the soft surface.

 

Beautiful scenery work - excellent job.

 

Jim