Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I shot and edited a couple more videos for Sweethome Alabama, after adding yet more trees on the layout, this time in the foreground of the East Yard. I have included a bonus featurette in episode 4, showing some 'speed modelling', when I accidentally left the camera running while I added a few trees and bushes to a somewhat barren area. Here are the links to the videos and some photos of the area modelled http://www.youtube.com/user/JonGrant4472?feature=mhum Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcoRS1 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 awesome Jon, awesome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
158722 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Really nice work Jon. An inspiration! Still debating how I am going to have all these enormous wagons and locos in a fairly small space! The joys of US/Can outline modelling when you haven't got a '4000 square foot basement' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 I had a go at making a larger tree tonight and took some progress photos as I went Starting off with a basic home-made twisted-wire former, I glued some WS poly fibre to the ends of the branches and teased the clumps out. This creates a 'candy floss' effect, as suggested by some wag at the model RR club this evening. I sprayed the tree with a tin of 'track colour' to mute the garish colours and darken the branches, teasing out the poly fibre after the paint had dried. Once done, I mounted the tree into a block of expanded foam (as used by flower arrangers) and set to it with the hairspray - away from the layout and in a well ventilated area - it smell's like a 'tart's boudoir'. More to follow... Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 I applied the hairspray to a small portion of the tree at a time and sprinkled on some fine Hornby 'Skaledale' ground foam using 'burnt grass' first, followed by 'autumnal mix'. I also added some Silflor ivy to the trunk The finished tree has now been placed on the layout, although I may be 'borrowing' it for a revamp of some of the trees on Sweethome Chicago - look out for that topic soon. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Wow. Ok, you're hired to teach us how to make trees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcoRS1 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Thanks for share that Jon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Top tutorial. Wisconsin's going to need trees. Lots of them, I expect. Now I know how! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_2007 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I saw him make one last night anyway Jon a youtube vid I've been looking at had a SD40 in C&O livey but with a CSX patch job dated 2006 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 I saw him make one last night anyway Jon a youtube vid I've been looking at had a SD40 in C&O livey but with a CSX patch job dated 2006 It was this actual tree, Bill. I finished it when I got home and took the pics Was the SD40 in C&O blue or Chessie yellow - I've seen plenty of patch jobs in Chessie paint, but no video of C&O, especially as recent as 2006 Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 It was this actual tree, Bill. I finished it when I got home and took the pics Was the SD40 in C&O blue or Chessie yellow - I've seen plenty of patch jobs in Chessie paint, but no video of C&O, especially as recent as 2006 Jon The last C&O painted engine was SD40 #4617 which somehow made it to 2009 in a mongrel CSX yellow ended/C&O sides scheme. http://www.railpictu...o.php?id=220094 More: http://www.railpictu...ber=CSXT%204617 CSX works in very mysterious ways... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 The last C&O painted engine was SD40 #4617 which somehow made it to 2009 in a mongrel CSX yellow ended/C&O sides scheme. CSX works in very mysterious ways... It's wierdly attractive. I wonder how it managed to miss so many potential trips to the paintshops - must run like a Swiss watch. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_2007 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 thats the one but something must have happened between 2006 and this photo as the cab was still in C&O livery in 2006 Jon have you seen the photos of the SD 35's on page's 222 and 223 of the diesel spotters guide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 Jon have you seen the photos of the SD 35's on page's 222 and 223 of the diesel spotters guide Yes I 'spotted' them and have given ut up as a bad idea. They will have most likely been regeared for hump work so wouldn't have been seen out on the road afterwards. I found plenty of photos though - with several in patched SCL paint CSX SD35 Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 It's wierdly attractive. I wonder how it managed to miss so many potential trips to the paintshops - must run like a Swiss watch. Jon It was quite the celebrity here...spent a lot of time in Maintenance of Way service and being used as a heavy shunter at Queensgate Yd in Cincinnati. The Seaboard System/early CSX years are appealing in the variety of paint schemes that survived and coexisted. If you want a unit that can do a patched SCL livery into the early 1990s, pick up a GP40. They were more tenacious than cockroaches...and got about as nasty looking too! This one's typical http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/photos/GP40/6680scl.jpg - note the lime green showing thru the dynamic brake grills. It's an ex Seaboard Air Line "Jolly Green Giant" GP40...and I just love the cab numbering on this one http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/photos/GP40/6688scl.jpg . Wow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 It was quite the celebrity here...spent a lot of time in Maintenance of Way service and being used as a heavy shunter at Queensgate Yd in Cincinnati. The Seaboard System/early CSX years are appealing in the variety of paint schemes that survived and coexisted. If you want a unit that can do a patched SCL livery into the early 1990s, pick up a GP40. They were more tenacious than cockroaches...and got about as nasty looking too! This one's typical http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/photos/GP40/6680scl.jpg - note the lime green showing thru the dynamic brake grills. It's an ex Seaboard Air Line "Jolly Green Giant" GP40...and I just love the cab numbering on this one http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/photos/GP40/6688scl.jpg . Wow. Excellent photos - I have some SCL decals coming from Microscale 'shunter' - not a word I would expect from a Yank. Must be too much interaction on this forum. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Excellent photos - I have some SCL decals coming from Microscale 'shunter' - not a word I would expect from a Yank. Must be too much interaction on this forum. Jon As a result of traveling a fair amount in the UK for a previous employer (and having friends in Hampshire), I'm bilingual. I speak English and American... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 I have been 'foliating' a few more trees over the last few days, although these will probably be uprooted and sent to Chicago over the weekend. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcoRS1 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Looking really good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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