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WATERFALL!!..A sneak peak at the last big project on the layout..pics!

leavingtracksleavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Well...I have finally gotten back to a corner on the layout that has been off the project list for 3 years!  So...last weekend and this I have been finishing the rockwork on "Great Bluff" and creating not only base areas for the concrete bridge supports but creating a waterfall which will come from a "cave" opening at the top of the bluff.  There is a lot to do but this morning I mounted the waterfall which when complete will be about 2 feet tall.  The fall will terminate into a river/stream bed which you can see will be going between two of the concrete bridge supports.  The plan of course will be to have a lot of vegetation growing on the rock bluff as well as trees, etc.  I put the pine trees in just to get an idea of what they would look like but they are too "perfect"...got them at Wally World at the end of Christmas for 50 cents a piece so I may do some hacking on them and take them off of their "snow" bases.  Anyway, thought you would like to follow the project as I will be making updates over the next couple of weeks...

 

As always I appreciate you taking time to look and making comments...

 

Thanks so much,

Alan

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leavingtracksleavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by AGHRMatt:

Very nice work. Also like the piers for the trestle. Looks like the work of that great architectural firm "Arthur Deco & Associates."

Thank you Matt!!....those support piers are made from composite trim and are just glued together.  The "seams" between the pieces almost looks like concrete pours...worked out pretty good and it was fast!

 

Alan

leavingtracksleavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by texastrain:

Alan,  really looks fantastic !  Excellent work.  I have taken some Wally world trees like you have, cut them down on some, reshaped them.  Gives them individualism and more realistic, don't look so "Wallyish"......LOL

Thanks!....I am going to do the same thing to those trees plus ad a variety of other "plantings" to the scene...

 

Alan

leavingtracksleavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by leapinlarry:

Wow, now this kind of scene makes me wish I was riding on one of Your Beautiful Passenger Trains Touring Your Fabulous Layout....Now That's What I'm Talking About!!!

This is Truly A Fantastic, Well Planned Layout....Thanks for Posting!!

Thank you Larry...and by the way, I really enjoyed the OGR coverage on your layout...WOW that video is something else!!

 

Alan

leavingtracksleavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by Ingeniero No1:

Hi, Allan -

 

This is a great start! And I am so glad you posted these pictures of the project in the raw, before any of the 'scenic enhancements' you will skillfully add. I (all of us) now are anxiously waiting to see the finished project, which is bound to be astonishing. 

 

Thank you for sharing!

 

Alex

Alexander Müller

Thanks Alex!!  Hope that you and Judy are doing fine...  You should come down and visit...its youZ guyZ turn ya know!!...LOL

 

Alan

suzukovichsuzukovichOGR Forum Member

A one two punch. The refinery and now this. What a weekend!!!!!  Not to be a critic but, As suggestion the use of a bigger foot bridge would be in order as the gap is not wide enough to support the water flow without backing up and water going around and under the bridge ( Note the width of the waterfall and the opening under the bridge). 

AGHRMattAGHRMattOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER
Originally Posted by leavingtracks:
Originally Posted by AGHRMatt:

Very nice work. Also like the piers for the trestle. Looks like the work of that great architectural firm "Arthur Deco & Associates."

Thank you Matt!!....those support piers are made from composite trim and are just glued together.  The "seams" between the pieces almost looks like concrete pours...worked out pretty good and it was fast!

 

Alan

I recognized the material. It's great for O scale Art Deco trim. Inexpensive and easy to work with. Used similar material on a bridge and viaduct at the club.

leavingtracksleavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by suzukovich:

A one two punch. The refinery and now this. What a weekend!!!!!  Not to be a critic but, As suggestion the use of a bigger foot bridge would be in order as the gap is not wide enough to support the water flow without backing up and water going around and under the bridge ( Note the width of the waterfall and the opening under the bridge). 

Thanks my Friend!!

 

Alan

leavingtracksleavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by AGHRMatt:
Originally Posted by leavingtracks:
Originally Posted by AGHRMatt:

Very nice work. Also like the piers for the trestle. Looks like the work of that great architectural firm "Arthur Deco & Associates."

Thank you Matt!!....those support piers are made from composite trim and are just glued together.  The "seams" between the pieces almost looks like concrete pours...worked out pretty good and it was fast!

 

Alan

I recognized the material. It's great for O scale Art Deco trim. Inexpensive and easy to work with. Used similar material on a bridge and viaduct at the club.

Matt...I agree, it is great stuff to work with....thanks for your comments!

 

Alan

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