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I too agree with 88's sentiments...I think Sumpter hit the nail on the head with the word communication. This is a fine community, the best I've ever seen on the web. The only forum without rancor. I find it amazing..and refreshing. It daily restores my faith in human kindness, which can be hard...

I found some '3M Scotchbrite' pads that seemed a better color, this is the 'ground' in the pic. But I found that they are a lighter color inside, see the 'bush' next to the tree. It's obvious that the surface of these pads are painted or coated with something and that coating may contain an...

WOW Val that would look cool! Do you have access to large format printing or are you going to paint it? How big is your backdrop anyway? Charlie..decrepitude IS a word..according to Webster ;)

Thats cool Jim. I see your point about the 'company' taking second fiddle to the 'name' (mumbles to self..course then I woulda made the 'company' in slightly smaller font-slaps self STOP being so critical!! lol) But then again sometimes ya just gotta stop messin and finish!! Glad your not...

Great tutorial Robin!!..Thanks :D

Welcome Verne..this IS the friendliest forum, on ANY topic, that I've ever seen...glad you can join us. Tyson, that pic is awesome. These guys are good! WTH is a flunky anyway?

OH---MY---GOODNESS :eek: THAT is absolutely beautiful!!! <lifts open jaw back to where it belongs> Glad to see you changed the signage per Vals suggestion, it looks much better ;) --but<cringes>you shoulda capitalized the C in company<cringes again, ducks from thrown objects, feeling shame...

OHMAN!! That looks like FUN!! Good to see!! No wonder Val went home and put all her stuff on her layout-under-construction!! ;) Thanks Chris for sharing your great photos, like Tyson said-almost like being there(well not REALLY..lol)

Oh Val...It's gonna be GORGEOUS!!! ;) :D not to mention FUN!!! Have a great time!!

Nnnniiicccceeee....;) more pics..yup, yup...post MORE pics!! How bout a close up of that chainlink fence around that very cool tower???

Ohhh, that Cid guy, he's a smart man... ;) lol

Robin...do you just glue the edges of the 'cerealboard' (oh, I have coined a new term?..lol) together at the corners or do you use something inside the corner like a small piece of square wood to glue the 'cerealboard' to? I know you're working in N gauge so maybe this isn't a concern, but do...

YYYYAAAAYYYY VAL!!! I don't know how I missed this thread..yes I do, I been researching ponds-spring is getting close! Congrats Val..on getting that basement clean enough to get started building ;) !!! Looks like you have a great start. I'm sure you'll take lots of pics along the way...

Happy Birthday Shamus!!! and Hummingbird and eeyore65

I have tried the 3RD Planit trial download and it looks pretty awesome. The tutorial is step by step excellent. I found it pretty easy to use but I have alot of CADD experience. If I were seriously planning a layout I would shell out the 100 bucks for this program. MSH from this forum had his...

Belg..I too am having trouble getting STARTED on my town scene. I think I will make a list of the structures needed, bank, store, gas station, etc., then draw it out (I have the whole layout drawn on CADD) , making sure what I need and want will fit in my small space, then begin building...

Thanks Andrew, not a bad first attempt huh. I defintely need to get out the tweezers tho or the small curved manicure scissors. Course then I may just be lookin toooo close. The LPF (little plastic FIGURE....lol) is HO, as is my layout. The tree foliage is 3/4 across the base and 1 3/4 tall...

Well Matthyro.....I think real pine trees often have reddish bark. So if you made deciduous trees maybe you should go back and paint those trunks gray uhhuh lol ;) teehee

Andrew..thanks for the link. I have seen Gavins tutorial and have tried the technique, the first and only thing I have used my new airbrush for. (I GOTTA retire so I have more time to DO all these neat things!!) Luis..your backdrop is gorgeous, excellent execution of Gavins technique!

Well I gave it a shot...a half-*ssed one anyway, just to get a feel for the materials. I used a brown magic marker for staining the bamboo skewer. The green is kind of a funky color, I'll have to play with painting it or use a different brand of pad. It is rather time consuming, but once ya get...