Mountain making

I've since made some plaster bridge abutments and installed everything. The bridge has been weathered with some rust and the bridge track has been painted with rail brown. I also weathered the center of the track to simulate grime & oil. All I need to do is weather some rust streaks down the pier and abutments. Plan on some day making a walkway down the side with a handrail as well but that's a future project. Here are a couple of shots showing the weathering and final installation.

I've also been busy making some mountains in anticipation of another SLD Southern Contingent evening here in the Lyn Valley. A few of us plan on slapping a few rock molds onto the layout tomorrow night. It's going to be great getting help with that part of it. Nothing like mass production rock outcroppings. A friend is going to bring some extra molds with him as well so we have a large variety to choose from. Here are a few shots of the area we will be working on. It went surprisingly fast. It took me only two evenings. It was a narrow area to put a mountain in without using a backdrop but I think I pulled it off not too bad. The idea was to be able to see the backdrop across the isle on the other side of the peninsula at eye level to give the scene depth. The last picture shows the type of effect I was looking for.