Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 With less than a week to Manchester Exhibition, I finally got round to working on some much-needed scenic aspects on Sweethome Chicago (SWC). Having spent several weeks building trees for Sweethome Alabama (SWA), I decided that the existing trees on SWC were not up to scratch any more. With time an issue, I de-forested SWA and quickly replaced the ageing trees on SWC. It was a relatively simple task of pulling up the old tree and replacing it with one or more of the newer trees. I also had time to replace some figures and vehicles that had fallen off when the layout was out at Easter, and add some new scenic details. Here's the progress so far- Before After Before After More to follow.... Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 Before After Before After I only noticed the bent tree after uploading the photo. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Will Vale Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Lovely layout, and great trees - I particularly like the ones around what was Wicked Wanda's, and the one to the right of the burger stand. How did you make them? Cheers, Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 Before After Before After Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcoRS1 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 nice Jon. Love the tardis, made me laugh when I saw it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Some really beautiful work on an already great layout. You must be really pleased with the end result. Will Chicago be venturing south again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Jon - how soon those saplings grow into mature trees - that looks really good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted September 27, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2010 Oh yes. Those more substantial trees really do boost it up. Crackin' work. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted September 27, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2010 One of my favourite layouts made even better! Will Chicago be venturing south again? I suppose Manchester is south to you Jon, but I would second Gordon's question as to whether it will be coming south of south anywhen soon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelmaker87 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Jon, That bent tree. Very prototypical, you often see them. Hurricanes, major league thunder storms with heavy duty micro blasts of powerful winds. Definitely not unusual at all. I have two on my property and they are bent over way more than your one and its quite happily thriving. Apart from all that, nice job on the before and afters. Cheers, Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 The new trees really do look fantastic and along with the flowers and other small details really do make a great layout even better. And I have to agree with Tony, the leaning tree is very prototypical, we see them all over the place...I'd say leave it as is....reminds me of the trembleing aspens we see all over the country here. Cheers Gene Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Love the tardis, made me laugh when I saw it. Okay, hands up everyone who, like me, had to scroll back up the page to go look for it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Lovely layout, and great trees - I particularly like the ones around what was Wicked Wanda's, and the one to the right of the burger stand. How did you make them? Cheers, Will This thread, Will :- http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/22098-making-a-tree-for-sweethome/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 I added a new board last week specially for the exhibition at the weekend, and moved the water tank. It is only three inches wide but is 6 feet long and totally changes the feel of the right hand end. Originally there was a retaining wall along the front of this section to prevent stock accidentally falling off the layout, because the tracks were so close to the baseboard edge. I decided to open the area out but this meant adding some protection against accidents, hence the 3 inch wide board. It also restricted the camera angles when photographing the area Before moving the water tower After moving the tower The view before removing the retaining wall Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 The new open plan 'narrow' board and the re-sited water tower I've added trees, fences and ground cover since the above shot was taken last wednesday I've also added a grounded caboose body, but didn't get a chance to photograph it at the show. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 That most certainly is! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Jon, That bent tree. Very prototypical, you often see them. Hurricanes, major league thunder storms with heavy duty micro blasts of powerful winds. Definitely not unusual at all. I have two on my property and they are bent over way more than your one and its quite happily thriving. Apart from all that, nice job on the before and afters. Cheers, Tony Me too. I keep putting off calling the tree guy........These are North American forest trees that prefer to be surrounded by others, when isolated they often develope leans - plus Chicago is the windy city. Great work, Jon. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Jon, Having (finally) seen your layout in the flesh at the Manchester show, i think it is absolutely STUNNING!!! Not to knock your photos as they are very good indeed but i now know how everything fits together and recognise the scenes. Many thanks indeed for great entertainment all round, he, he! (the layout doctor:lol: :lol: , brilliant!!!!) That certainly is a great way to do a show, liven things up, not too serious, have a laugh! Wonderful stuff, wish i could have spent longer there but duty called. Till next time, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelmaker87 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 That most certainly is! Era not my bag, John, but your layout looks gorgeous and its exactly that what counts. Good on ya, excellent workmanship and no less an inspiration even if its not my time frame. Cheers, Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Jon, Having (finally) seen your layout in the flesh at the Manchester show, i think it is absolutely STUNNING!!! Not to knock your photos as they are very good indeed but i now know how everything fits together and recognise the scenes. Many thanks indeed for great entertainment all round, he, he! (the layout doctor:lol: :lol: , brilliant!!!!) That certainly is a great way to do a show, liven things up, not too serious, have a laugh! Wonderful stuff, wish i could have spent longer there but duty called. Till next time, John E. Thanks John. Yes, the layout needs to be seen as a whole to get the full'entertainment' package - Sound, background noises/street sounds, banjo playing, the layout doctor!! (Miami vice cop arrived later), and me in the hat - I'm thinking of going in full 'Blues Brothers' mode for the next one at Hull B) Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 I thought I'd finish off this thread with some sepia photographs of the layout, including some of the new board in the East yard. My son added some crumpled newspaper to the layout before the show a couple of weeks ago and some may show up in the photos - I haven't found them all yet. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 The sepia really does look atmospheric....fantastic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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