Sunday Scenic Showcase 7-22-2012...

Great scene. thanks.

Summer time fun!

super scene Alan. did you make those "concrete" viaducts or are they commercial castings?  

jerrman

Coal country:

Jim

Thanks Don and Jerrman...

The "viaducts" are made up of arch bridge sections made for me by Jim at Bridgeboss.  The decorative trim work between the individual sections is molding from Home Depot.  All of this was painted with a texture paint to give it a rough and weathered concrete look.  This was my attempt to install a bridge in a place that was going to be very difficult to do without cutting out part of the benchwork and removing as well as re-installing track.  I didn't want to do any of that so I came up with the idea of using the arch sections under the edge of the layout front and then adding the additional fascia concrete sections over the front edge above the arch sections.  This in affect made it look as though I had a bridge spanning in front of a bluff with track on the bridge as well as on the edge of the bluff behind the bridge..... By the way, since the picture was taken, I have and am still adding the bluff behind the bridge to complete the visual effect.

Thanks,

Alan

Great work, All!!

Jim, that last shot looks like you superimposed a real cliff in the background. Spectacular!

Awesome work all of you!! Jim, that rockwork is FANTASTIC!!

Jim,  that rock work is awesome.

 Here is what I got this week. I wired up my MTH traffic signals and then replaced some vehicles with other ones in my collection.

Jim, Very nice job on your Coal Mine.

Thanks, guys. Every once in a while it all comes together just right.

Jim

Well Jim...I would say that those "every once in a whiles" seem to happen every time for you!!  Beautiful job and photo...

Alan