with green paint, and then sprinkled with Woodland Scenics
green foam. Everything is held together by hair spray. It is not
unreasonable to make half-a-dozen trees in an hour.
To create the river and creek scenes, I used Woodland Scenics
water products. I first painted the river bottoms and creek
beds with artist acrylics in different hues, to obtain the desired
coloration. The backdrops were all hand-painted on Masonite,
which runs the whole length around the layout.
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7. By late afternoon, NYC SW #8880 has reached
its destination in Saranac Lake with its heavy load of
unprocessed timber, as it passes through town on its
way to Saranac yard. Workers at Tylick Tool can be
seen hard at work rushing to complete an order for
shipment the next day
