Note his use of an HO scale outbuilding under the bridge to helpforce perspective. Cows graze on their farmland behind a busy interlocking switch tower. After retirement, our family was blessed with Joe and his wife Catherine's move to our home town of Bedford, Massachusetts. Scene by Jackson. The Mainstreeter passes over a workhorse U36B, Ol' Number 8858.
Trees nestling up to both sides of the track give the woods a deeper feel.
The impression of a train winding through the forest is easily reinforced. Curves on the Southeast mountain get pretty tight, and Lionel's short ore cars really show off the twisting turns. I like to paint the gray undersides first, then start filling in with white. When some of the white is in, I'll spray the yellow highlights facing the main light source. Then I fill in more with the white.