tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post6465134336949646990..comments2024-03-25T02:21:43.523-04:00Comments on 30Squares: Balancing the EVRR*J D Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-86202027132685957532018-02-26T06:28:38.026-05:002018-02-26T06:28:38.026-05:00No worries! Thanks for clarification!No worries! Thanks for clarification!J D Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-27984322985847020822018-02-25T20:38:20.254-05:002018-02-25T20:38:20.254-05:00Sorry for the misspellings. I tried dictating my ...Sorry for the misspellings. I tried dictating my response on my Apple product and I missed the completely gargled parts! LOL I was trying to say "twisted picture wire tree armatures".... I swear it was correct when I dictated it. I think once you add the punctuation, they rewrite everything for you! And then I said to pull the fine foliage netting through the treetops, looking at scale eye level. Boy, that message got fouled up, too. Sorry. I use things like dental picks or sharpened straight wires to poke the foliage throughout the standing dried-weed tree armatures. Oh, and don't forget to put a lot of broken twigs on the forest floor as well. If you work from scale eye level, you can achieve some very awesome see-though forests. Too often, people don't start adding foliage until much higher on the tree.VBDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354416562358609303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-43989030512888240892018-02-25T13:32:03.123-05:002018-02-25T13:32:03.123-05:00Thanks for the tree tips! So far all I've got ...Thanks for the tree tips! So far all I've got are 12 'pines' I bought resale at George's at Christmas. They're not too bad looking, but they're not foreground trees. <br /><br />Fake fur! Yeah, I remember articles that recommended that. I gotta find some so I can keep things in period :-)J D Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-32326047700332358582018-02-25T13:22:20.653-05:002018-02-25T13:22:20.653-05:00I also used fake four instead of static grass for ...I also used fake four instead of static grass for my larger weeds. Cut into a regular small shapes and surrounded the edges with ground foam, it looks quite good.VBDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354416562358609303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-57370214899749408212018-02-25T13:21:16.111-05:002018-02-25T13:21:16.111-05:00 There’s great commercial trees for sale these day... There’s great commercial trees for sale these days and I love the fine flake foliage. But that can get expensive. I still recommend using dried weeds for clustered forest groves. For larger tree armatures, I have had success with twisted picture frame wire armigers touched up with liquid steel. I like the woodland scenics foliage, Stretched and pull down into the tree from above, as you were had stays at scale eye level. Make sure to put in plenty of ground cover under the trees as well. I think the ground bushes are usually darker than the leaves in the grass. Of course, vary it as you go. I don’t know if you have tried the electro static grass; that looks promising. As far as pine trees, I like the bottlebrush trees and the bumpy chenille trees. I know these are mostly old school things, but in the spirit of ELM, they look wonderful.VBDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354416562358609303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-63681030144774155462018-02-25T00:55:39.432-05:002018-02-25T00:55:39.432-05:00Thanks! I'm on the look out for economical tre...Thanks! I'm on the look out for economical trees. I don't intend on replicating the ones ELM used, but using whatever commercial ones I can find.J D Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-33218269902965257502018-02-25T00:45:07.599-05:002018-02-25T00:45:07.599-05:00I think the whack-a-mole thing results from not ha...I think the whack-a-mole thing results from not having enough foliage around. It almost becomes an ant hill! Don't be afraid to use taller trees that nearly cover the short hide-and-seek tracks on the right. And if it looks too bad, just cover them completely and give yourself layout-side access panels. I think that the conversion to N scale makes your eye take in much more than on an HO layout, so the number of tunnels within your vision increases. It needs balance, in any case. VBDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354416562358609303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-32977340067814770802018-02-24T06:21:29.257-05:002018-02-24T06:21:29.257-05:00Yes, it will be a dramatic change. I'm thinkin...Yes, it will be a dramatic change. I'm thinking no matter what I do on that side it still might look a bit like wack-a-mole, but lots of '50s and '60s layouts were like that. But, the things you've expressed are reason I wanted to at least get enough landmarks in place to see how the whole thing will shape up and get going on making it seem a unified whole.J D Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-50379954732395243482018-02-23T22:59:51.930-05:002018-02-23T22:59:51.930-05:00It's going to change drastically when you cove...It's going to change drastically when you cover over the right side mountains/tunnels. But I'm imagining a coved backdrop across the backside and the full right side, giving those mountains more distance and maybe the far corner hilltop some underscale housetops. Nothing out of step with the original EVRR, but enough to justify the number of tunnels and bridges (without looking contrived) and still drawing your eye into the pretty lake up front. Keep finding online photos for inspiration and this will look like the prototype ELM based his 60s layout upon!VBDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354416562358609303noreply@blogger.com