An attempt at ground cover...

[MartyE]

Was over a friends layout last month and helped with some ground cover. I think it turned out ok. I really tried to keep it random. He added some trees since these pictures. I'd welcome your criticism although since it's not my layout, there's not much I can change without the go ahead. Can't say I'm overly crazy about the larger "chunks" of simulated wood but everything else turned out ok.

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[AG]

Looks good to me.
Now need the ballast to cover the track and side track and will look perfect.
nice the mix of green and dry grass.

AG.

[chuck]

Looks great. I like the "chunks". Used to see it all the time along our commuter line.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks good; adding ballast as noted and blending that into the ground cover to make it seamless will add.

[rogruth]

I agree with above comments.
My ground cover may be several layers thick in some places.
I just added stuff until I got a look I liked. Some was added
after ballast and buildings. I try to get an overall effect for
various sections on my layout. Realism was not important.

[MartyE]

Here's a shot after a few trees were added...

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[chuck]

Looks great. Just needs some ballast.

[christopher2035]

I think it looks nice. Not uniformed, which is important! Now to get some ballast on those tracks

[MartyE]

The plan is to get most of the ground cover down on this part of the layout and then come back and do all the ballast at once.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The plan is to get most of the ground cover down on this part of the layout and then come back and do all the ballast at once.

I think you may find that order of activity challenging....

[rogruth]

I think I did ballast before most scenery and blended edges.

[MartyE]

I agree about the ballast but I'm the worker bee on this project. I'll make it work.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I agree about the ballast but I'm the worker bee on this project. I'll make it work.

Good luck on that - I just finished the scenery for my entire layout. Hard enough working around stuff, but I con't imagine how I moight have done the ballast last.

Keep updating this thread, please! Good to have someone posting actual model RR'ing stuff anywhere.

[rogruth]

Rufus,
When can we expect the article about your layout in OST(?) ?
Soon, I hope. Then we can look for additional info here, I hope.
I hope my hopes are true soon.

I have not done anything with my layout for some time and I
have not posted any photos for some time because there is nothing new.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus,
When can we expect the article about your layout in OST(?) ?
Soon, I hope. Then we can look for additional info here, I hope.
I hope my hopes are true soon.

I might sneak a photo out of the file to post here. OST? Not this year. Well, I could sneak it in there in parts if I wanted to do that.

I have not done anything with my layout for some time and I have not posted any photos for some time because there is nothing new.

There is now of course a feeling of completion, but then also a feeling of "what next?" so I'm not sure about the nothing new part now that I have gotten to this end point.

But, I also had it Judged for AP Scenery by the NMRA and have a AP Certificate to frame and hang on the wall with my other AP Certificates,