Coxy's N Scale and Railroad Blog

Okay, a couple more. I moved over to S. 3rd St. Not your safest neighborhood, but I was only here briefly for my shots of the 133. On the far side of the train is a palm tree nursery. The gates you can see are at Cutting Blvd. On the other side of Cutting (out of view) is the Simsmetal plant.

Modelers notes

• I would avoid modeling the palm trees even if they could be done well. I agree with Pelle Soeborg who recommends modeling the average not the unusual. The unusual draws undue attention that the model can seldom survive without the viewer becoming more conscious of the unreality of the model.
• Again flat area next to the rails but texture and color is everything - ballast, packed gravel, concrete, very limited vegetation.
• The ground on the far side of the rails slopes a few feet down to the tracks with a likely drainage ditch along the track. Vegetation is only along the top here, the rest of the slope is not yet vegetated.