does anyone know where i can find photos and dimensions of tunnel portals made of stone/brick around the early 1900's. Especially usefull would be the dimensions and photo of a double (2 lane) tunnel portal
thanks
does anyone know where i can find photos and dimensions of tunnel portals made of stone/brick around 1900. Especially usefull would be the dimensions and photo of a double (2 lane) tunnel portal
thanks
Stu,
I looked at the www.bts.com sawmill
and it seems huge. All those windows and 3 floors. And yet the footprint is 116' by 65' thats 9" by 16" to scale. That roughly seems to be the size that I have chosen for my mill. It didn't seem big when I drew it on my layout. :(
oh well, i guess I...
logging 1900-1910
Stu
Thanks for the welcome and the info
The size of my layout is 16-7.5
in a basement.
The terrain is gonna be very hilly.
Very tall mountains. Very Deep Gorges.
The mill will be in the layout
as well as a small logging camp
and a 2 locomotive repair shed.
The...
Im contemplating on doing a logging operation in the 1900's to 1910's on my layout. And I dont know where to begin to reasearch what I need to put on this layout. What components/facilities/structures does one need (other than trees :D ) to put into such a layout. Saw mill? logging shed?
water...
using liner
Pondman
I tried the liner.
its too stiff to fold flat against the banks of the river where there
is a 90 degree bend in the river.
and even if i had a liner that fits perfectly to the contours of the
river, it still needs to have realistic river banks put on top of the...
real water
Scooby,
how did you make the banks of the river look realistic?
the reason why i wanted to use plaster was because you can pour it into a mould to resemble real cliffs and gorges.
The plexiglass that you bent into a shape of a river does not have the texture of live rock. what did...
real waterfalls part2
about the water being too fast
my opinion on that is that a fast moving water
is much more realistic looking than still plastic water. Its ok to use poured plastic in lakes because lakes are still when there is no wind. but on turbulant rivers with rapids and on...
expandable foam "great stuff"
Guppyman
The foam is waterproof true but i want a very realistic look. And that can only be achieved by using mold castings. There is the 2 part liquid pourable foam that i mentioned earlier. It turns into a hardened plastic and is good with pouring into molds as...
using fiberglass resin for river bed
To Russ:
I read somewhere that using fiberglass is not a good idea. a guy tried it and it deteriorated over time. He said in his article to use a sealer (multiple coats) over regular scenery.
Another option is to use 2 part pourable liquid foam. It...
realistic waterfall
To Russ and Grassweed:
If you look at real waterfalls, they are not clear. They are a wall
of white. And you cant really tell how fast the water is dropping
in a waterfall because it looks like a solid white wall. If you ever
looked at your sink faucets, it creates the...