MRUV 127: Hiding the entrance to Staging
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- čas přidán 1. 10. 2018
- I worked on the front embankment, which hides the entrance heading into staging. I would say it is about 90% complete- needs a lot of trees and some additional small details, but for now it will suffice as I need to move on to other tasks!
I did use some of the MBR scenery items that I purchased- these came from Poland. I like these products! They remind me of the Silflor/Mininatur items. I also used items from Polak, Model Scene, Heki and Martin Welberg (Scenic Express). And of course Silflor- tufts, grass strips and Filigranbusche.
Now to tackle the water areas- the catch basin, runoff, stream, etc. I should then be able to place the large industry in this "corner" area. Then move onto the other side of Fairview and over to Sharon.
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Stephen, Very well done. I for one appreciate the drain, the dead tree and the weed. There is an overall uncontrived feel about the scene you have created.Regards Stephen.
Thank you - I think things will blend even better once I get some real tress placed.
Stephen, WOW! First of all that looks outstanding in my opinion! I have to say you have such a calming voice, and I love your sense of humor. I particularly like the drain pipe coming out of the wall, leading down to the lake area, putting some water around the pipe will surely look spectacular. Thanks for doing what you do, I really enjoy your videos, and of course your humor! LOL!
Thanks Jeff- if we can't have fun doing this, why do it?
I agree, model railroading should be 100% FUN!
Vary realistic..Enjoy your video's..Keep up the great work.
Awesome as always. Love the dead fall.
Nice job, I like the ballast transition and the water drainage but overall looks great.
One of the most realistic sceneries I've seen. Thank you for pointing out that WS clump foliage is not the most realistic product. My opinion as well and you have given me great alternative products.
Thank you. The WS products certainly have their place, but there are many other products now-a-days that I feel do a better job of capturing the "vertical" nature of scenery.
Phenomenal Job! Attention to detail is amazing as always!
Rob, truly fantastic job on the layout. The scenery touches are really adding realism to your layout. Really inspiring watching the progress.
Thanks for sharing.
D. Muse
Love your videos. Looking outstanding. You make the scenery so realistic.
An excellent job, very realistic!
Fantastic job as always!
Looks great.
Lookin good. Thanks for all you do and show
Great video keep up the good work.
Very Nice!
Rob~can I make a request? Been so long since we have seen any operations going on. When Steve comes in for the Christmas break, how about the two of you actually filming some serious trains running? I am sure we would enjoy how all the new work has paid off in seeing shoving some cars around... And for me- don't forget the steam!
Ok, will do it. It has been a while, as the focus has been on the major work tasks- but it is time to have some fun. I have been waiting to get rolling stock back on the layout, since I often have to move or remove it as I work different areas. But let me see what we can do...
Im starting to forget what the rest of the railroad looks like. It would be nice to see a few trains around. Great job on the scenery work. You have a true talent and a great eye.
thanks Curtis- and i hear you on the running- been getting several requests. Time to have some fun...
Nice job
Looks Great, Nice Work.
its lookin' great .
Nice work!
No thumbs down?!? Trolls are under every bridge. Right? Hey there Mr. Iam so glad you were influenced by German railroads. You helped me to discover how great the European countries are. They have awesome products, exhibits of their railroads they love, and the same hi-caliber of folks that seem to resonate with this Awesome hobby of 3-D art. Thanks buddy!
We have one! Always get a few. And I'm glad you like the European RR scene- I still do, just have been so focused on the layout changes and stuff it has taken a back seat for a bit. But I still have a lot of stuff to run...
Awesome!
From an architectural stand point the larger stones are on the bottom to create a stronger foundation. You could hide with bushes. Still nice work, thanks for sharing.
Looking great Rob! I love all the dead foliage that will be in place under and around the trees.
The spray 3M made me laugh. Who hasn't done something like that before? I once worked at an automotive machine shop and had just fixed my morning coffee with the exact amount of cream and sugar but it was still too hot to even sip yet. I sat the Styrofoam cup down on the work bench and reached back into my tool box. I turned back around just in time to realize that a small amount of mineral spirits was still on the metal bench top and watched my coffee leap off onto the concrete floor. By now my cup was nothing more than a Styrofoam pipe! About that time my shop buddies were roaring with laughter. Turned out that they had all done that at some point themselves.
You gotta' have stories to tell the grandkids about. Cheers, Dan
LOL, I love it- so true, we all have done things like this. Many won't admit it, but we have! Thanks for watching.
Rob, If I recall correctly, back in the late 50s and into the 60s the NYC used crushed basalt in Northern New Jersey. That was a bit darker than your grey ballast, so you have a prototype reference if anyone complains.
Ah, good- thank you. I was also looking thru some Pennsy books and see they used a similar dark grayish ballast in certain areas. Plus, I like it and that is good enough for me!
That looks awesome. And youre still hilarious. Love watching your videos. - Drew
Thanks Drew. If you aren't good looking, at least have a good sense of humor- my story for sure!
Wow...Looks great...and with a photo backdrop,...looks miles deep!!
Stephen
Another awesome piece of landscaping art, with a great partially finished result.
Keep at it, it is great to watch
George
Well done, Rob! I am always amazed at folks who can just "see" these things in their mind, then lay it down on the layout. Your emphasis on verticality (if that's a real word), has made me pay more attention to road- and hill-sides - and sure enough, the ground foam just won't make it anymore. I now find myself pouring through the Scenic Express website and others. Thank you for the inspiration.
Thanks Pat- and I completely agree- Verticality is very important (should be a new work for scenery!) Scenic Express does a great job and has much of what I use, I just wish they would import a few other European MFG's lines. Mostly Polak and MBR. There are also other Silflor items they don't import- such as the Filigranbusche.
That looks really good Stephen. I'm impressed. Thank you for making these videos, I find them inspiring, entertaining and educational. I'm also jealous, since I live in an apartment and have no room for a layout. Again, thank you for sharing yours with us.
I like it :-)
I really enjoy your posts, your layout is looking great
Would love to see a drawing of your track plan, or a once over the world. It has been a while since the last overall view and all your projects I am sure have changed the look. Love what you do. Thanks for sharing and helping the hobby grow.
The embankment looks great. I would like to see some videos of your work in progress as you mention, one of you making up a building would be very interesting. All the best.
Looks amazing, thanks for sharing your talents with us! !
looking good rob k
keep up the good work
Looks great!
Perhaps you could add a couple more drainage pipes coming out of the retaining wall at regular intervals. Then maybe add some water to indicate drainage to the culvert. But overall great job.
It becoming to look very good and well done, Great layout.
Lookin good Rob! I really enjoy your style of updates.
Thank you- I try to keep it down to earth. Not real polished, but then the main goal is getting this darn layout done, not necessarily spending all my time making CZcams videos.
Looking good, as usual you do make some magic with the landscaping with the various scenery Cheers Mate
Thanks Ollie!
Awesome detail Rob! Nice work on the drain pipe. Would look great with some ivy growing up the wall. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks Shawn. Good idea on the ivy- I may have something that would work for that.
The opening image - just brilliant, then 0:18 - looks like Christo wrapped the rockface. Brilliant. Oh boy - this is going to be fun.
Finally got a close up on the Amish (?) horse team in the field 6:13, yay. They have been in te corner of my eye for a few weeks now.
Um, but that little culvert, shouldn't there be a ditch/drain at the base of the retaining wall - I'm sure there will be. (20:56 - boom).
11:25 watch out teddy bears everywhere… [No they are safe this time].
12:42 I'm sorry but I laughed out loud, brilliant just brilliant.
But you should fire your stone-mason, he installed his stonework upside down. Big blocks go at the bottom, they are heavier and harder to lift!!! I guess though that he just had to grab the nearest stones fast to avert the great 3M styro-foam melting disaster of October 2018. It was a bad year for that sort of thing I hear.
Otherwise at 18:30 it looks great. And at the end.
I can't wait for the ent-farmers to move in bringing in their herds of trees, all over the layout, but I know they take time to do that, and a lot of discussion.
Very nice Rob
Ha ha! ;-) Almost had exactly the same spray glue disaster today, but, fortunately!, the nozzle was gummed up and as I was clearing it I read the warning. D'oh. Superb work as ever.
LOL, good thing 'eh! Yeah I knew right away I shouldn't have done it. But it turned out okay in the end.
As always very nice job! It looks real
Thanks. Metal Head- I like that! I am often called a block head....
People are just jealous because you do great work ! There are those percentage of people out there instead of complimenting you they insult you ! But anyway you do great work have a great day
Awesome my friend.
Looking really good
The Perfection Nazis will not like it, but I DO like it. Thank you for sharing.
Paint the backside a black or dark brown, as it's still wet, add some ground foliage. Or made plant some dead tree structures!
You've done an excellent job sir! Your scenery is just fantastic, but it's clear why people use ground foam and static grass. I'll bet you got a hundred bucks worth of product on that little pink out cropping!! Well done and beautiful of course, but a bit costly I'm sure!!
And yes, that is exactly what the real roads do. We run down a 2.4% grade, for about 8 miles. On the hill side, there is a ditch basically running along the track. And about every couple hundred feet(or so) there is what looks like a big 45/55 gallon drum submerged in the ground. And on the cliff side, there is a big 2 ft. dia. (about) culvert, running down the hill. So any water that starts flowing from above, will end up in the ditch, then run downgrade to the next vertical barrel, down the barrel and under the track! looking forward to see some trees on that bluff! I'm kinda partial to Pine trees, but I'm sure you don't see many of them back there!
Looks very. good, encouraged me to use heki wild grass on my British branch line layout.
Cheers caz
Thanks! I hope you found the Heki wild grass a useful product. They make several items I use a lot.
@@robbennett1965 its on order now, once Ive done a bit with it there will be an update to my channel
Funny what acetone will do to styrofoam. Good looking work. Thanks.
VERY NICE!!!! Really love how it has turned out thus far! P.S. You sir, could right a book on Scenery! You may play it buy ear and not plan, however in my opinion it's about what you do and how you do it. You have a great eye! Can't wait too see the next steps. One more P.S., please don't forget to place a tree on that uneven backdrop LOL! Hope you feel better soon. Think them flowers you've been planting has gotten your hay fever going nuts!!! HAHAHA
Thanks Gary! It is fun to get the materials out and just start into it. I think I planned things it wouldn't turn out the same. And I will get a tree for that ugly mismatch.
that's called an OH S--T moment.
Oh man, you got that right! Luckily it wasn't a show stopper.
Super!
Another work of art Mr B. One thing I can't figure. To my eye that stone work looks to be upside down. I would have the larger blocks at the base with the standout layer as capping or do I need new glasses :)
Could be, as I just placed the castings the way I thought they looked okay, but others they may have chosen a different placement. To me they look okay, but I see your point.
WOW!
might be able to see that little drainage pipe from a cab ride.
LOOK GREAT ROB
THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO AS JOY STYE LANDSCAPE ON YOUR LAYOUT
WHY DID NOT PAINT BACK SECTION OF HILL?
Thanks Robert. The backside won't be seen. I did paint and add some WS ground foam, but won't do much else.
Great job Rob(Hey, that rhymes...). Good to know even master modellers like you make mistakes. I could fill a book with my 'cock-ups', but I guess I learn something from them. Theoretically that means I'm very knowledgeable by now. Yeah right..........lol........David(UK)
PS - Thanks for the tip about the Polak stuff. Turns out there's a dealer in the same county as me. I'll be getting some I think.....
Same here- master modeler may be a tad optimistic, as I seem to make more mistakes than i care to recall! But, that is how you learn. Let me know how you like the Polak items- it is good stuff. In the UK can you get MBR items? I am really liking their stuff.
Seems these guys have MBR stuff: www.aandhmodels.co.uk ........
It looks fantastic.. great job
What is the manufacturers name of that scenery stuff from Poland ??
MBR- here is a link: www.mbrmodel.eu
Thanks for the great content. Out of curiosity, are you willing to consult on other people’s layout? I’d love your insights on my own layout - still in the planning stages. Can you let us know if you’re willing and how best to get in touch?
Thx
Wow, that looks great Rob - out of curiosity, how long did this take you to accomplish?
Greg- I started on a Saturday morning. I worked (on and off, in between other things, cutting the grass, etc) thru Sunday afternoon. So I would estimate about 8 hours. While working on this I was also fiddling around with other stuff in the layout room, as there is time needed for things to dry.
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TRI-POD? Phone mount! Hit record or go live?
Who do you get your MBR products from?
I order direct from them in Poland. However, very soon Scenic Express will be carrying many of their items. I was told by mid-November 2018, but that has passed. Hopefully soon.
28:07 what was that all about who said that this was the worst video ever made lol
Napoleon Dy-no-mite...great movie...
Great layout. But am sorry to suggest this in such a public domain. But you really need to see a doctor. You have a serious bronchial thing going on.
Actually Sarcoidosis. I got this while deployed to Afghanistan. And to ease your mind, I am seeing a pulmonologist...