KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
Excellent Progress Annie! I myself have had serious issues with creating beach baseboards for the route so I have filed that under "finishing touches" for when the route is done.
Can you tell me your method for accomplishing this feat? I'd certainly like to know how a pro route builder tackles this kind of problem.
Gosh Tanker. A pro route builder!? Mostly I just frown at stuff and harass it until it comes right and looks the way I want it to.
Most of what you see with the beaches on the Cornish Mainline route is still Robert3a0's work, but I have done some blending of transitions between sand and grass along the Penzance sections. The beaches are done using a sand texture and a light coloured ballast texture for the darker colouring and where I've had to modify some areas I've stuck to using these same textures. I use the old trick of holding down a square bracket key while brushing in textures quite a bit as well.
Having done plenty of coastal sections on my Norfolk layout I suppose I've had a bit of practice with this kind of thing.
My route is a representation of the Metropolitan Railway and the Great Central Railway.
And very nice it is to see your Met-GCR route again Ken. I might have little time for diesels/dismals, but I do like vintage 'sparkers'.
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