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Was just posting this elsewhere.

I planned a portion of my mainline to pass behind the forest and only "peek" out at river crossings. While this goes against much of the modeling grain, I enjoy the view. It reminds me of many railfaning trips. Also, it emphasizes how the trains are sometimes dominated, or only pass through, the wilderness. It bodes well for highlighting that the environs are indeed dominated by trees.

My forest is modeled in cross section so ...

Originally Posted by grrf

2nd vid , bit noisy , longer train

Originally Posted by grrf

Right , I cleaned that section , to make sure it still worked , i quickly rigged a dc controller up to check

first vid ever

It think its more tolerable with the foreground "3-D" trees. When it was just the backdrop only, there was nothing to tie them together. Now it seems there is a better "look" about it. Sorta. All would have been better if I was able to capture some of the foregound colors of the grasses into the backdrop.

Compare: (and please hold your laughter till the end)




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Originally Posted by grrf

I have just found this really usefull site , I am not sure of the best place in the forum to put this so if its needs to be moved feel free , mebbe even worthy of a sticky?

converts all manufacturers paint codes etc, also i think to british and federal standards

useful when not all makers are available everywhere.


http://scalemodeldb.com/paint

so when I mention english uniform or deck tan you know what I mean..

You can even

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