An Ify Bridge

[zenrat]

...Is this based on the Harwood Bridge?

Close, but 100 kms further up the road to Wardell bridge.

Right.  Got it on Google Earth now.
I've been up that way a few times for the Blues Fest and so must have crossed it.  I'll pay more attention next time.

[Ify]

...I've been up that way a few times for the Blues Fest and so must have crossed it.  I'll pay more attention next time.

Be aware that in next few years the Pacific highway will bypass Wardell.

[zenrat]

Is that good or bad?
A fair few towns died when the Hume by-passed them.

[Ify]

From post #26, steps were needed to amend blotchy splatter painting.

LEFT: First I used the dry-brush method to texture the light grey over the dark and visa versa. This evened the effect quite well, but now there were thousands of smaller blotches.
RIGHT: Went over the bridge filling in the dark with the light and visa versa with a fine brush.


LEFT: After pointillising the the patches the road looked more even.
RIGHT: Final road texture. Here I stepped back to see the lighter and darker areas and just touched them up to further even the texture.


I am still working on the last stage. Then I will put in the white double-centre and fog lines. I am sure it will then look more like a concrete road.
I liked the challenges, and the helpful suggestions from What If members... thanks.

[PR19_Kit]

Goodness, that looks very 'road like'.  Nice work. 

[Rheged]

A delightful piece of work.  It also reminds us that ANYTHING is Whiffable if we choose to make it so.

[Ify]

Is that good or bad?
A fair few towns died when the Hume by-passed them.

The BP service station at Wardell is the only convenience store along the highway. Wardell is a small town does not seem to be reliant on the highway going through it. I am assuming it maybe more good than bad for the residence.

[Ify]

Thank you Kit and Rheged for kind words.

[Weaver]

This is an amazing project - well done so far, good recovery on the roadway and I hope it all comes together for you! 

If you put "making model trees" into Youtube you get 888,000 hits. Might be going out on a limb (groan), but I'd bet a modest amount of model vouchers that one or two of them are useful to you...

I'd imagine that, just as with painting trees, the first and most important step is to really look at trees and figure out how they work and why they look like they do.

[Ify]

Thank you Weaver for the tip.

I have been looking on the Internet on how to make trees.
Two weeks ago I received a few trees from an eBay supplier. After a closer look at them I realized I could make my own from copper wire and solder.
I need about 20-30 trees. So far I have made three tree skeletons.
In Australia, we have a lot of tall straight Eucalyptus trees. The ones from suppliers look more like either pine or orchard trees.
Below are the three trees. The taller one is the basic shape for most of the others. Though I will add a bit more body in the lower branches and stem.

One tip I learnt a long time ago, from an artist, is that trees have to have at least one hole big enough for a bird to fly through.
So I'll have to remember that when I add foliage.

[NARSES2]

Fantastic work on those trees 

What do you intend using for the foliage ?

[Ify]

Hello NARSES2
I am not sure at the moment. I have received some green foliage cluster in a package. I will experiment on how that attaches to the thin wires if the tree. I will use spray adhesive first.
However, if test result looks too sparse, I'll add some fibre to the outer limbs in hope of adhering more foliage.
How does that seem to you?

[NARSES2]

I think it really is a case of going very slowly and adding a little at a time until you are happy with it. And then stop ! It's a very difficult thing to replicate especially in small scale.

[PR19_Kit]

I used a lot of Woodland Scenics stuff for my model railway scenery, not that I'm any good at it, and I tend to sub-contract that part of the job to a good friend who's a veritable genius at it. 

[Ify]

Thank you NARSES2 and Kit for your input.
Since nobody else at the museum wants to help, I'll have to do it myself. Besides I prefer it that way.
NARSES2, I will take your post under advisement.. Easy Does It.

Finally got the road completed.
The 1/72 scale cars will be installed at end of project.