Building Realistic Scenery…

Developing a Scenery Strategy

Bill Neale
MMR
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Before? Current? Future?

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Railroad of Glenn Jopich
So why do scenery?

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 Which industry would you rather
switch?

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Railroad of Dewey Norton
 Which industry would you
rather switch?

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Railroad of Eddy Bly
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 Which mainline
looks more
interesting?

Which Main would you

run with more
prototypical speed?
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Railroad of Dewey Norton
Railroad of Curt Larue

Mock ups
help tell the
story

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 Where are we?

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Railroad of Curt Larue
 Scenery Provides Time & Place Clues

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Railroad of Curt Larue
What industry are we switching?

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Railroad of Eddy Bly
What industry are we switching?

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Key Elements of Scenery Strategy:
 Land forms and the railroad’s interaction with them
 Colors & Textures
 Dividers and Definers

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Land Forms and How the Railroad
Interacts with Them

Bridge Cut Cut

Tunnel
Fill Fill

Roughly equal in volume

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Colors and Textures
Tarnished Black

Rust

Earth Tones

Medium Green

Olive Green

Various Grays

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Ground Cover Goop
¼ Cup

Zonalite
2 Hand Full's
White Glue

2 Hand Full's
Cell-u-
clay Water

Burnt Add slowly until

Umber 2 Tbls? correct
consistency
Pigment
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Dewey Norton’s Railroad
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Dewey Norton’s Railroad
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Look at Prototype Photos If Possible

Jack Delano photo

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Jack Delano photo
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Urban Scenery
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Railroad of Eddy Bly
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Railroad of Eddy Bly
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Railroad of Curt Larue
 Vertical Scenery
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Front-to-b
Scenic Dimensions

Vertical

Depth
(Front-to-back)

Horizontal
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 Dividers and Definers

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Railroad of Curt Larue
Every Railroad had a pole line!

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Fences

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RIP Track

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Low Foreground Objects

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Weather Everything!

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…An essential part of colors and textures
…The Prototype Did It!

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Jack Delano photo
Weather Everything!

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 Weather
Everything!

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 Land forms and the railroad’s interaction with them
 Colors & Textures – including weathering!
 Dividers and Definers

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Scenery Strategy:
 Make a Statement About Your Railroad to the Observer
 Define the Purpose, Place & Era of the Tracks & Trains
 Enhance the Operation
 Increase the Fun – More Bang for your Buck

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Marker Lights

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 Back up Slides

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 Weirton Steel Mill

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