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Mike S.
Sawdust from pine or maple give the most useful light colored sawdust for most situations. I have also used walnut, cherry, mahogany and pine from the table saw to represent coarse sawdust in a sawmill.
I still have the sand bay area to model but I decided to take this downstairs to check everything out as to its layout spot and check colors again in the layout lighting. I also took it outside for a few photos in the gloomy daylight. The real light is great for finding spots to correct and touch-up, but not very good for seeing how the colors and weathering will look in layout or maybe even contest rooms.
This model will be adjacent to O'Neill's so I have to match-up where roads, paths, and landscaping will adjoin. Also some of the detailed scenes from the foundry will spill over onto the small area between the two dioramas so I have to plan for that. Both of these dioramas are 12x12 inches but when in place they will blend into a larger area and there will be removable backdrops on two sides of the peninsula.
I see good things have happened on the Forum since I've been away for awhile- one is that our favorite radio personality, champion water skier, world class modeler and good friend Bill has dropped back in- with a tutorial on green roofs. Good stuff!
Here are an outdoor and an indoor shot of the same view, and the third is O'Neill's and the Foundry as they will look together someday soon. I'll have some more photos of the Foundry in the layout lighting hopefully tomorrow.
Jerry
I've had questions about the beautiful pick-up. It has followed me around for many years hopping from diorama to diorama. It was given to me by my friend Dustin Hedrick a.k.a. Coors2u on this forum about 6 or 7 yrs. ago. He and I did a thread called "The Curmudgeon and the Punk Build the Deer Creek Mine" and I believe the pick-up debuted there. Dustin maybe will let us know what kind of kit but I'm guessing Jordan. Whatever, he did a beautiful job on it and I am very grateful he honored me with such a great model.
The last few days I've added the two cranes, several carts, and some other details. The last things to go on will be the support wires. I took several other photos in addition to the ones above under the layout lighting and here are several. Much touch-up, more chalking and additional details to come.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, I was clever enough to install the beam upside down after I had adhered the signs. I can carefully fix I think as I have an extra sign that I can copy and put them on top of the wrong ones. My bad.