Cliff,
Realize you had to bring in the big guns, but having a cheap harbor frieght chain saw on hand might have allowed you to do some selective trimming before hand. I had a tree fall on both my trestles a few years back, and at the time rented a chain saw for half a day. fortunately damage only to one and was easily repaired.
Al P.
Al, I agree. I have a chainsaw, which only needed a new chain. I could have uncovered the mine and disassembled and carried off the components. I could have intervened with the workers and made them chop off branches slowly. I’m kicking myself for not doing any of those.
Unfortunately, I was thinking the mine was ok, and was therefore over-focused on the trestle side of the montain. So the mine suffered the consequences.
Giant hand action definitely needed to correct.
Performed triage, debridement, specimen collection and prognoses this morning.
Mine:
Structure ok; roof needed a small section re-glued. Door & window resin castings are ok but came unglued. I removed all the platforms & stairs (which are loose) for minor repairs. The trestle, wiring & animated doors got trashed, as did most of the ore chutes.
However, the chutes and a number of 3d printed details were done in PLA years ago, and were getting trashed on their own already, so need replacement.
When I replace the waste trestle, it’ll be non-functional and all plex. The wood parts weren’t doing too well anyway.
Trestle:
Beants all seem fine, and snapped back into position on their bases with a little nudging. About 2-3’ of rail, stringers and ties need repair. I’ll have to cut the rails and re-spike them after timber repairs.
Mountain:
And area of about 3’ x 2’ broke and will need replacement. The facia for the cutaway scene was rotting already (treated 2-by’s suck…), and will get torn down. The posts are fine, as is the internal framing. Will probably re-work this opening to not have any exposed timbers, and look less chopped-off.
Fence-Line:
Need to repair the neighbor’s fence, re-lay a border strip of blocks, and rake out the dirt and chips resulting from stump grinding.
That’s about it.
Cliff, sorry about the damage to your railroad, but glad your 1:1 buildings were spared. We’ve been through some rough storms in Nebraska. Fortunately no damage, but it gets a little concerning when the wind is rocking the camper with the stabilizers down!
looks, like it is manageable.
if you rescedule the mine-dioramas to the winter, you can be up and running again before the summer is over.
that will be a problem!
search and find a glue, that serves its job!
Thanks Korm. I agree; some re-thinking of schedule (and priorities) is indeed in order.
As well as some reduction in over-thinking, that might help me complete just the one introductory diorama this year. 
first thing you’ll have to do, is repair the mountain.
just that your little foxis don’t complain about their landlord…
Funny you should say that. This has been the first year we’ve seen a fox go into one of the mountains.
And not come out.
Which indicates one or more of them is employing the hidden inaccessible voids for their own purposes.
Which I don’t mind, since I like foxes, and don’t like their favorite chow (flora-consuming moles, voles and rabbits).
How did the Roosta weather vane do ?
So that’s what you are telling the neighbors at the camp ground.
Honestly Cliff,
I don’t look that bad, it sucks but it’s certainly on site repairable IMO. Your stuff really hasn’t been out that long and the elements are gonna win either way over time.
Thanks for reminding me, it survived fine!
