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Scenic Plots 10 years 8 months ago #1655

Brady
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Before WWII Lionel offered pre-made scenic plots, they were complete scenes ready to drop-in. I decided to borrow the idea to do a few for the new layout using Clever Models company houses, leftover masonite, paint and some painters tape..

My results aside, I think the concept has great potential

- The plots can be made on the table or workbench, no reaching across the layout to build

- Easy to remove for modification or dusting

- Curbs are built in, and a thinner material (or the layout surface) can be used for the streets.

- If you've got more structures than layout space you could swap out plots, change industries, seasons, etc.

Brady

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Scenic Plots 10 years 8 months ago #1662

Turboboost910 OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 250 Thank you received: 17	great idea for modular scenes! looks impressive as well!
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Scenic Plots 10 years 8 months ago #1667

rdg-barry OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 378 Thank you received: 44	Brady... your modeling efforts are just fine - really nice in fact!! While not a new idea, it has much merit and can work very well. And as you have suggested - you can change a whole scene, era, etc... any time you want/need to.
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Scenic Plots 10 years 8 months ago #1674

Brady OFFLINE Apprentice Posts: 11 Thank you received: 1	The other side of the street.. A close-up of the Bumpas house and empty lot..not sure what I'll put in the space.. Brady
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Scenic Plots 10 years 8 months ago #1675

tomjacobs OFFLINE Superintendent Posts: 177 Thank you received: 37	This is a great idea, and in fact is how a lot of modelers approach scenery, particularly when building craftsman structures - they'll build the structure and surrounding scenery as a small diorama and then insert it into the layout itself. Certainly makes it easier to focus on construction of the kit to do it at the workbench and "in" its final setting - than doing it on the layout itself...
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Scenic Plots 10 years 8 months ago #1680

RRDavey OFFLINE Engineer Posts: 98 Thank you received: 24	Also makes for a nice way to bring a structure model to a show! Good idea reborn.--Dave
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October, 1962

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