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his month’s What’s Neat video is a how-to on designing
scenes from the ground up. Planning is the key to hav-
ing the final perfect result, every time.
I walk you through, from the photo concept drawn on paper to
the construction of a scene through the camera’s viewfinder.
Not just any scene, but locomotives are coming off crossovers
whose positions in the photo frame are dictated by the sig-
nal towers. In the video, you will see how to handle that trick
through selective track laying.
The process then went through topography carving with a
pruning saw, and sealing the foam. Then, gluing the track
to the scene complete with ballast, dirt and scenery grass.
Designing the background on the fly follows, with a total
What’s neat column - 2
MRH-Aug 2014
