Eastland Rocket Progress
- Thread starter Kris94
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Looks like a "Monopoly" board.
Even after flash floods the rivers would never be that wide. They would be much much narrower and very shallow.
hert:wave:
Kris
Don't be sorry. Everyone replying is just trying to help you become a better creator. If these fine members didn't care that you progress and do better, they probably wouldn't even bother posting. I've said this to you before, but try to work in smaller sections at a time and get the feel of working with smaller patches of scenery. Hone you skills a little at a time. I get the feeling that you're trying to build too large of a layout too quickly. I've worked on just one baseboard days at a time before moving on to the next one before.
Your desert appears absolutely flat and no part of the world is completely flat, even deserts. There are slopes and undulations. Also, I'm not sure what you're trying to show with your shanty town. You've laid out a grid of roads, but to what purpose. Think about how a lot of towns developed through the years. Many developed around the railroad. For example, the small town that I live in was originally just farmland until in the mid 1800's, the railroad ran a rail line from Nashville to Smyrna. In the process, they needed stations along the way where trains could be serviced and local goods could be collected for transit. My town was developed this way. The railroad built a station and purchased several hundred acres around the station. They then subdivided the land into tracts that they sold off and a town was developed. Roads were started around the station and eventually radiated out. Very few towns started out as you show with large expanses of land with a grid of roads. Roads are expensive to build and maintain and as a result, roads are built where use demands it and the type of road is primarily based upon it's traffic count and type of traffic involved. Do a little studying of what you're trying to depict. Begin with an era to start with. Are you trying to build a world based in 1850 or in 1950. These are two completely different worlds.
Just some friendly advice. Take it for what it's worth.
Mike
Don't be sorry. Everyone replying is just trying to help you become a better creator. If these fine members didn't care that you progress and do better, they probably wouldn't even bother posting. I've said this to you before, but try to work in smaller sections at a time and get the feel of working with smaller patches of scenery. Hone you skills a little at a time. I get the feeling that you're trying to build too large of a layout too quickly. I've worked on just one baseboard days at a time before moving on to the next one before.
Your desert appears absolutely flat and no part of the world is completely flat, even deserts. There are slopes and undulations. Also, I'm not sure what you're trying to show with your shanty town. You've laid out a grid of roads, but to what purpose. Think about how a lot of towns developed through the years. Many developed around the railroad. For example, the small town that I live in was originally just farmland until in the mid 1800's, the railroad ran a rail line from Nashville to Smyrna. In the process, they needed stations along the way where trains could be serviced and local goods could be collected for transit. My town was developed this way. The railroad built a station and purchased several hundred acres around the station. They then subdivided the land into tracts that they sold off and a town was developed. Roads were started around the station and eventually radiated out. Very few towns started out as you show with large expanses of land with a grid of roads. Roads are expensive to build and maintain and as a result, roads are built where use demands it and the type of road is primarily based upon it's traffic count and type of traffic involved. Do a little studying of what you're trying to depict. Begin with an era to start with. Are you trying to build a world based in 1850 or in 1950. These are two completely different worlds.
Just some friendly advice. Take it for what it's worth.
Mike
cascaderailroad
New member
I seriously doubt that any US desert has sand dunes ... maybe the Sahara.
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/d...ert-railroad-tracks-in-the-arizona-desert.jpg
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/d...ert-railroad-tracks-in-the-arizona-desert.jpg
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William0d0
Active member
White Sands, New Mexico has sand dunes but no railroad running through it.
bunkerrattmk2
CNW the left hand road.
the suez canal.
montanawestren
meh..
My one recommendation to you at this time, include some mountains/ grades/ passes, and also use dmdrake /'s western hemlocks or Douglas fir's, when I used TS 06 they were the best trees I had.
MTW
MTW
May I introduce you to one of the most beautiful parts of the US: Death valley, 2nd link.
For the topic: I have to note that the closest railroad to Death Valley is ~200 miles away.
cascaderailroad
New member
So I guess railroads don't like sand dunes ? http://www.canimina.com/Pics/Trips/West/West90/brett lying death valley dunes.jpg
qassaquyangli
The Flying Cloud
http://rlv.zcache.com/mojave_river_in_afton_canyon_card-p137344095989196037z857a_400.jpg
This is what the Mojave River would look like most of the time. Most of the time it's dry too. So your river should look like this a bit. But everything else looks a good, but it might look better w/ some lichen, bushes, small hills, a few mountains, etc. Like this: http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/wp-c...2-East-at-Sanborn-SDG-Mojave-Sub.-640x391.jpg
This is what the Mojave River would look like most of the time. Most of the time it's dry too. So your river should look like this a bit. But everything else looks a good, but it might look better w/ some lichen, bushes, small hills, a few mountains, etc. Like this: http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/wp-c...2-East-at-Sanborn-SDG-Mojave-Sub.-640x391.jpg
