The primary scenic element here is the backdrop. Most of the staging yard tracks (all two of them!) will be screened from view by a line of trees, bushes etc... a modified version of "Screened Staging" I used on a prior layout.
Yesterday I dug out the backdrop paints and got a start on the backdrop behind the staging yard.
At first I didn't like how "flat" the mid ground (tan) hill looked. So I experimented with adding some additional texture - you can see it if you look closely at the center of the hill in the photo below. Now I have to add that texturing to the rest of the hillside.
It looks great!
ReplyDeleteWhere is the staging yard on the track plan? Along the back wall?
ReplyDeleteI like it. Much better!
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The staging yard is on the right hand side wall shown on the Richford Branch trackplan. Essentially, I extended the CP Dummy track along the wall (and added a second staging track).
ReplyDeleteThe entire back (top) wall track arrangement is changed from the trackplan - see this post for an example of what the old staging looked like, and what it looks like today -
http://centralvermontrailway.blogspot.com/2020/02/one-step-back-three-steps-forward.html
I really need to get an update to that section of the track plan.
Thanks Marty. I didn't think that it was on the back wall, but couldn't figure out the changes on the rh wall
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