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You guys are so amazing. I remember when I first got into the hobby almost 40 years ago and started reading Model Railroader, I swear I could not tell the modeled trains on the cover from the real thing.
Even after all these years I’m still amazed be the realism you guys depict in these layouts.
As a former small-town cop I got a kick out of the guy apparently passed-out along the tracks… We used to call those guys “winos” in those pre-politically correct days.
Enjoyed the video, especially the part of the video where you added the cat tails. When I added mine, I installed a few in the water material (I originally used Woodland Scenics “Instant Water”). After the material had dried I used a pin vise and drilled some holes in the water material, then added the cat tails, they seemed to blend in perfectly. Look forward to the next installment.
Not only do you have to add all the things Greg Smith suggests, but I think you need a Brow Log at the dump site.
The mill, pond, and loading dock are turning our really good. An efficient little operation! But you have to add lots of saw dust and scrapts all over the place. Watched it again!
This layout has a lot there, and it just goes to show you, you don’t have to have a huge room, to have a nice well detailed operating On30 layout. You have all the scenes tied together very nicely. It’s a complete railroad not a bunch of stuff just put there with no reason to be there. It all works together to tell the story of the Olympia Logging Co. Of course I’m an On30 modeler, so this layout really hits home.
Great stuff, can’t wait to see what’s coming up in the September log blog.
I really appreciate the time you are taking to explain the processes that are needed to complete the simplest operations in scenery and building construction….. Thank you
David, have you ever used (having asked your good lady wife’s permission) an old stocking or the leg of I think you Americans call pantyhose when you are using the shop vac when picking up ground foam. by placing the leg in the hose and holding on to the end you have a filter that will catch loose foam and when you are finished you can pull the stocking out and you have saved some foam to use another day.
There is a small sawmill operation near my home that still ships by rail! One thing is the ground all around is covered in wood chips and sawdust. When you described staining the top of the stump, it made me think about all the different sawdust piles and how the color varies from a fresh light yellow/white in the newest piles, through several shades of brown, to an almost black in the oldest pile. Seems like they have a Cat or Payloader clearing the piles around the mill occasionally.
David, glad you invoked the “my basement” rule with respect to the row boat in the pond. You might have added a tackle box and a fishing pole. I think your era would not support the use of small pusher boats to move the logs around. I presume you are going to have one or two people standing on the logs holding peaveys (those interesting hooked poles) to move the logs.
Cattails are a nice touch.
Nice work David, I’m glad that cattails made it into the pond edges, they always seem to add some realism to a pond area. I also like the pond pour with the logs, very nice effect. I’m about to add several lines to my layout and your last two pond and lake pours are very helpful. Thanks.
Great video, David! Lot of great ideas, again and again and again! Thanks so much! I really like the cat-tail idea. It breaks things up just enough. Now, are you going to put piles of sawdust and wood scraps all around?
Hi David, I have been following the Log Blog eagerly as I am modeling a similar scene. I was wondering if you know if a water resin be poured into a (painted) extruded foam pond (depression) without leaking/creating a toxic mess? Thank you for the great series!!!
David, The detail is just awesome. Is the sawmill glued in place, or secured in another manner?
You think of most everything for minute details in modeling… especially weathering the tops of tree stumps as they would not have been freshly cut as you explained in the video. Nice use of the scrap pieces of lumber to use in a different pile too. Will this be back at Kalmbach for viewing during Trainfest tours or better yet, displayed at Trainfest?