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The Other Side of The Mountain

Jimmi
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I finally got around to adding ground cover and trees to the opposite side of the mountain from Coalbrook.  This area around tunnel #2 had been roughed in for some time, then sort of neglected while I did the mine and town on the other side.

What a difference from 17 months ago when I took some early construction pictures.  The first shot was taken on 4/7/07.  The second is the same area taken today.  The third picture is the bend in the river with a trio of MP15's drifting downgrade toward Bridgeport, and the big Alco and GE on the high line headed for St. Barbara.


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Submitted by Jimmi on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 00:00.

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That, my friend, is looking
That, my friend, is looking AWESOME!
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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 00:13

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Excellent work and
Excellent work and photos!  Really good photos!
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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 02:05

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Agreed.  Very nice work,
Agreed.  Very nice work, Jimmi!
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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 02:14

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Guauuu, great work, looking

Guauuu, great work, looking very good,

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 03:11

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Wow.I'm not sure the last

Wow.

I'm not sure the last time I even noticed you posted a layout photo - needless to say - Bam: right between the eyes...

Really, really very nice.


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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 08:38

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High Quality

That is truly high quality work Jimmi! I love your landscape- very convincing rocks and greenery. I believe you are a fellow Pennsylvanian, and your landscape very much resembles the state. I hope to create a Pennsylvania-looking landscape in my very-slowly-progressing layout, and you have given me renewed inspiration. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

I could ask a lot of questions, but for now I'll just post two:

I like your backdrop very much- is that an available photo background?

What is your technique for creating the water in the river?


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Fri, 09/05/2008 - 09:18

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Steam-n...Some Answers

Thanks to all for the kind words. 

Steam-n,  the background is hand painted. The near mountains are a light green and the distant mountains are the same paint with a little grey added to darken them.  Actually it looks pretty good in the photo only because I had a work light on in the background.  I wish it looked that good in person.  The river is just painted plaster of Paris with several layers of tinted Enviro-Tex resin.  This also looks better in photos than in person, but I'm happy with it.

BTW, I live in Lebanon, PA.  How about you?


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Sat, 09/06/2008 - 01:13

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PA & Etc.

Well, whatever you're doing for water and backdrop, keep it up, it works well! I was espescially curious about the backdrop, because the mountains look very Pennsylvanian to me.

I live in Stroudsburg, northeastern PA, Pocono Mountain region, Monroe County.

Hope to see more of your work soon!


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Mon, 09/08/2008 - 16:51

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Beautiful!!

That is some truly beautiful work, very artistic.  And only 17 months ago, I can't even keep a layout going for that long. I'm always seeming to tear down and start over again and again Embarassed.


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Mon, 09/08/2008 - 21:14

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