Just the way it came out, Paul... I shot it in low light and there wasn't much behind it. Actually, that image would be a good candidate for some photo editing.

Thanks

Hi guys,

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

This has no prototype, except what can be found in my vivid imagination...











... still, to my eye, it looks right no matter where I plant it.





Kyle


Ps. The concrete tower is the impellor from our old dishwasher!

Just sharing....

I'll be showing this and other new structures there in MI this Sunday.

Hope to see you there!

EK

Merry Christmas!




Kyle

Just Sharing,






CHEERS and Merry Xmas!

Kyle

Thanks for the kind words everybody. Here is a thread that show my progress pics/tutorial on this piece.

http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=42409


Kyle

I'm suprised the Atlas starter set is      NOT DCC.

Whatever you get, make sure it's DCC. Most here will concur that if you are just starting out, it's the only way to go.

EK

Jim,

I cover my foam landscape with plaster. Actually it is a product called stucco patch. You can spread it on with a paint stick and sculpt it wet with an old brush or plastic knife. You can also put those blue paper "shop towels" in a pail of the stuff and lay the soaked papers on the foam.

The stucco patch takes about an hour to cure and gets rather plastic before it sets, making it very nice to push around and detail. I also concur with the previous poster. Tint it with something before application. Any flat latex earth tone is better than white. I've also had great success tinting my "mud" with black and terra cotta tempra powders.

Here is a foam hill covered with tinted stucco patch. The face of the cliff behind the rolling stock has been painted, then blackwashed. The terrain in the foreground was done the same way, but has rocks embedded and WS ground foam sprinkled on.






This next pic shows a work in progress. Much of the track is on unfinished luann, the grey earth in the foreground is what the tinted stucco looks like before paint, trees, grass and such. You can see some of my finished landscaping in the foreground, too.






I love to landscape. Enjoy!




Kyle

Well Gentlemen,

After much success at the GVRR show I went and did it, my first auction site listing! As a man of vision, I see 11 hits, no bids and my Amex carded $2.40 by the end of the week. Am I just a pessimist?

My item is buried in: Toys & Hobbies > Model RR, Trains > HO Scale > Buildings, Track, Access. > Buildings, Structures > Other ...but that seemed like the best category for it.

What should I do do make the piece more visible to the Internet shoppers?

The auction site never prompted me for a bank routing # when I registered, if I do sell, how will I get payed?

-and-

I would never do this; But what is the impact of bidding on your own item. I'd be curious to see the whole auction process, just this once.

Thanks to all you guys who are old hats at this. I appreciate the responses.

Kyle

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220169384764&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123

Thanks Stephen and Lanny,

The sky is a photo cut in with photoshop, and Lanny, the entire scene is a reflection. I could only get this scene from this angle by shooting it's refection.

When Photbucket is back up I'll post the pic before I doctored it up, if you'd like.

EK