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An N-Scale Santa Fe branchline through the mountains |
| Project | Freds Scenery Section | Projects / Home |
| Manufacturer | Custom |
Part 1 - Fred's Scenery Section Started laying out the scenery section around Fred's One Stop heading out from Bacque Yard and around the peninsula  Next up ... hot glue in the land forms and start laying plaster cloth. |
Part 2 - Fred's Scenery Section - Basic Land forms. Installed more basic scenery forms for the Fred's section and behind Bacque yard.    |
Part 3 - Fred's Scenery Section - Starting the Plaster. Started installing the plaster cloth for the Fred's section and behind Bacque yard.   |
Part 4 - Fred's Scenery Section - Molds, molds and more molds. Created and installed a bunch of rock molds. Still a bunch more to go.  |
Part 5 - Fred's Scenery Section - Blending plaster and initial wash. Blended in the rock molds on the portion behind Baque Yard.  Added an initial wash to see how it blended.  |
Part 6 - Fred's Scenery Section - Initial rock painting. Applied the initial paint layers on the rock face.  |
Part 7 - Fred's Scenery Section - Continuing Rock work. Continued the rock work around the peninsula end.   |
Part 8 - Fred's Scenery Section - Continuing Rock work. Final coloring on the rock wall behind Baque Yard.  |
Part 9 - Fred's Scenery Section - Building retaining walls. Finished the cribbing work for the right-hand section  Starting the cribbing work for the left-hand section  Staining the talus  Applied the talus to the right-hand section  |
Part 10 - Fred's Scenery Section - Finished the yard area. An overview of the yard area  Close-up of the left-hand section  Close-up of the right-hand section  The RIP (Repair in Place) shed on the left side  A look at the right side engine facilities and stockyard (Still a lot of work to do on this side)  Close-up of the Icing Platform  Another overview with the Icing Platform and RIP shed in place  |
Part 11 - Fred's Scenery Section - Continuing around the bend. Adding castings around the bend  Continuing along the river towards where Fred's will be located (where the glue gun is sitting in the above picture)  |
Part 12 - Fred's Scenery Section - Continuing around the bend. #2 Blended in the castings with hand-carved.  And an initial wash for Ink/Alcohol to show the cracks  After painting on the base colors  After another wash of Ink/Alcohol to start the blending  |
Part 13 - Fred's Scenery Section - Continuing around the bend. #3 Starting the scenery.  Basic scenery, ballast and Fred's One Stop in place  Still need more scenery blending, to build the road and the bridge |
Part 14 - Fred's Scenery Section - Continuing around the bend. #4 Adding the road and Fred's One Stop. Overview shot...  Close up of where the bridge will be...  Middle distance shot  Close up of Fred's One Stop location  Still need more scenery blending, adding trees/bushes and, of course, the bridge |
Part 15 - Fred's Scenery Section - Continuing around the bend. #5 Added scenery to the mountain tops and cliff faces.  Working around the bend some more...  And a little more...  Close up of Fred's One Stop location  Pulling back to show the road and scenery  Another overview shot from a different angle Still need to add bunch of trees and, of course, the bridge |
Part 16 - Fred's Scenery Section - Building the bridge Built the bridge leaving the yard.  Mocked up on the workbench...  In place on the layout...  Shown from street level....  |