A short video near the goldmine and “tall timber”:
Nice one Jim, I like the technique of leading the loco with your camera.
Cool video, Jim. Love the sound of the shay.
More planting work today: hiding sprinkler pvc pipe, more details in the tall timber, more tall timber planting, and some filler in the yard of Durango (no pics for that, sorry).
Hiding the sprinklers in Durango:
A new dry wash near the goldmine in the Jasper area:
And some more trees planted:
I’m loving this so far.
There are sprinklers? (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)Amazingly camouflaged!
I agree with Eric. Very well camouflaged, Jim. Your RR is beginning to look like it has been there forever. Keep up the great work … AND please keep sharing with us (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Jim it really has come to life with the plantings phase. I for one would like to see the overall photo to really enjoy the outcome. I being from the east with no travels into your neck of the woods per se, am having trouble identifying the blue tree in the midst of your plantings. Is that the one I’ve heard of called the ‘Blue Spruce’
What? You have never heard of the Giant Blue Sequioa? Will try to get some photos that show the whole context…
Not sure how serious Hollywood is, but thought I’d post a few pix from further away so you can see how the Durango & Jasper sits in the yard and relative to our house. Cozy.
Here’s the view as you walk back into the yard (as if coming to an open railroad). This is the succulent area, the upper part of the town of Durango:
And this is the lower part of Durango (the yard, etc.) looking toward the Jasper wilderness area:
And a similar view but from Jasper looking back toward Durango:
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
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Thank you for those pics Jim. those views allow me to understand how this planting stage is changing the looks of the railroad empire you’ve created. Now I can visualize how the three distinct areas compliment each other and provide a sense of flow and distance in the overall picture.(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
The effort you are putting forth on your pike speaks volumes in the pics you present to us. Great work.
Managed to dodge the rain and get another day of work in on landscaping. Today was mostly about adding what we’ve been calling a “rock fall” with some different color granite, which to me adds some nice contrast. Also some ground cover spread around.
Here’s an example of some ground cover:
There’s a trestle that crosses the Durango yard and connects the “transition” area to the upper level of the city of Durango. We’re adding a tunnel at the end of that trestle and covering it with some rust-ish rock. Only got half the rock on (had to go buy some more!).
Here’s the start of the tunnel: some corrugated material being curved along the existing track. You will see a rope: that’s just to temporarily hold it in place so it can be more permanently set in place using some stakes:
Some gravel was added internally. I’ll be building some tunnel portals after we get a bit further along:
A little further long more rocks have been mortared into place:
I’m enjoying this different rock coloring.
Cheers!
Jim, I really like your use of rock on the RR. The tunnel will provide a break in the track and give the feeling that the train is going somewhere further down the line.
Jim, as with all your builds your attention to detail is exquisite, great looking tunnel, Bill
Echoes about the tunnel. We couldn’t source anything locally like your corrugated pipe which made it a real challenge to achieve the realistic lay and fall of the rocks you achieved.
Keep the updates coming!
Aloha,
Eric
Looks great!
Keep up the progress Jim as the RR IS … ALMOST THERE …or IS it ?
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Tunnel is looking great Jim. The plantings are softening the rocks, nice contrast.
OK, more time was invested in the “rock fall” and it is starting to look more like a rock fall. More than a coincidence?
Here are some pictures from farther away so you can see it in some context:
Just to the “left” of the rock fall we used to have a 2 tier stepped area that was going to be used for flowers. We’ve reconfigured it to be more of a cliff similar to the other end of the previously existing tunnel (near the Jasper forest area).
And here’s the rock fall itself:
Still some tweaking and planting to do but getting there…
Why is that piece of rail sticking up in the air?
Ken Brunt said:
Why is that piece of rail sticking up in the air?
That’s for his loop de loop unloading area (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)