Just thought I would share a couple of photos of the swamp scene on my Zalma Branch (Frisco) layout. I made the cypress trees using dowel rod, Green Squadron putty and Scenic Express branch material with ground foam. The water is Magic Water. I used real moss and natural material mixed with some ground foam to complete the scene. I salvaged the scene from my experimental 4x8 and pieced it into my new point to point layout. Watch out for those water moccasins!
Thanks, guys. I forgot to mention that you can see where the old track was pulled up and this will be camouflaged with brush and what not. At least that's the plan.
I'll second that. The backdrop will be challenging, but I am sure with all the resources here you will manage.
Great work ! All it needs is a swamp hunter wrestling an 'gator in to his boat ! or a DEA clipin a drug runner !!
Those are all great ideas! It's located down in "swamp east" Missouri 1915-1925ish. Maybe a moonshine still sounds like a fun little scratchbuilding project. I've got some fine copper wire for the evaporator coil or whatever it's called.
In 1950's on Long Island growing up in New Hyde Park we had a pond (actually 3 connected) looked just like this. I think it was Ritter's farm. We were always on the lookout for a guy named Scotty who supposedly had a shot gun..Never encountered him. But boy was it fun and dreamlike and sultry, smelly mucky banks, mesquitos, and bull frogs croaking. Some ducks too. It froze over in winter and we played ice hockey on it. My skinny ankles would never stay straight up in those hockey skates. It's of course gone to a housing development 4 decades ago..I feel sorry for kids growing up today not having places like this to discover nature, go fishing with a stick and string. Walking home in summer at sundown with Bobby Darin on the 9 transistor radio singin' "Dream Lover".......... It was trains, and girls, trains and girls........and frogs... In some ways it still is....Great depiction Jim...
Great looking Swamp Jim. I know it can be very challenging to work with water. Here is a example from my Diorama build by my Friend Stefan Foerg.
It looks amazingly realistic. The train, bridge and scenery are all exceptional. Was that photographed outdoors?
Gawd Almighty, Jurg, that bridge is awesome! You have an outstanding talent for capturing a realistic scene. The weathering is outstanding and the automobile tracks in the weeds just caps off the whole scene.
