8. The stub-ended siding was replaced by a short dou-
ble-ended siding serving a creamery. Once the track
was installed and tested, I added the ground terrain
with green florist’s foam.
9. I decided to try my hand at painting a backdrop
behind the scene. I picked up a lot of tips from watching
expert backdrop painters Bernie Kempinski and Mike
Danneman, used a number of tips from Mike’s excellent
Kalmbach book on backdrop painting, and got some
great tips from Chris Lyon’s series on TrainMastersTV!
a country store and road? It has become additional forest and
pasture land.
But “less is more” doesn’t mean less effort is required to com-
plete a scene. While the bridge and creamery will certainly
draw the eye, there’s going to be a lot of other texture for me
to model and visitors to dwell on and enjoy. Telegraph poles,
fence posts, track details like joint bars and switch stands, vehi-
cles, the variations in ground textures, grasses, and specific
trees are among the elements I’ll be focusing on in this scene.
Taken by themselves, they aren’t that noticeable. When com-
bined, they should produce something special. And it should
be fun [10].
Finished scene on the following pages ... both in color, and in period-
correct black-and-white.
