Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Cutting a mountain down to size

Before

I've been spending a lot of time just looking at the mountains. Something just didn't sit well with me. I finally realized I didn't like the tall rock outcropping over the tunnel portal on the right. And it was just a couple of weeks ago I thought it was too short and raised it!

After sawing

Yeah, yeah, wasted effort on my part. All I can say in my own defence is that why should I look at a constant reminder of a bad decision and grouse about it when I should get out the saw and fix it. Luckily I have many saws to hand :-)

After re-shaping

In retrospect I should have created the Granite Gate first - to the left of the shortened outcropping - and then examined the entire scene before adding height over the tunnel portal. Live and learn.


I learned another thing during this exercise: the papier mâché is very hard. Sawing though it wasn't easy. That's good to know. It gives me added confidence that the rest of the mountain is fairly solid.

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