A weekend set-up with the modules.

Over the previous weekend I hauled my modules up to Boone NC to set up the modules with most of the guys I build modules with. I took photos of 4 locations on the layout for use in a image stacking program and here are the results.

Here is a scene from a module called "Syracusa", Joe Balint is the owner and designer.The structures are assembled by Joe but painted and finished by others. It's a skills trading arraingment some members of this module group have. For example Joe loves to build track, and he is the best I've ever known, but he doesn't care much for finishing structures. So in return for hand-laying the track on my Waterfront module, I finished the three structures seen here facing the camera (the Palms Hotel, Woolworths, and Hinzman Furniture).

This is some of Ken Anderson's fine work. The view is looking down the mainline of three 4' modules. If I could just drop in a photo backdrop, this one would be worth framing. The long shape of the image is a result of my trimming out some out of focus areas. The image stacking program does a great job but I need to improve my photography to get maximum effect.
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Here is a good example of what can be done with some of the Silflor brand scenery products. The overgrown area between the tracks is a blend of Silflor Buffalo grass tuffts and Woodland Scenics ground foam. In the background, a view of the engine storage/RIP track with a couple of cars getting air hoses replaced and a pair of MILW engines running off miles.

I added some tall grasses (Silflor again) around the power poles and along the driveway. Then I added a bunch of goldenrod at the end of the near storage track.