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Great segment- lots of helpful ideas ! You make it look so easy. Really enjoyed the whole series
and looking forward to the next one.
Great series. Thanks for all of the ideas!
Love your videos.
For those who have not experienced it yet, avoid touching the screen of your static grass applicator to the pins. It’s shocking and the startle you get from this mishap sends the grass in the applicator all over the immediate layout and the floor. Install your pins at a low angle! When vacuuming up excess grass fibers, I secure the toe of a dress sock over the nozzle of the hose to collect the fibers, rather than waste them in the machine’s hold. Before turning the vacuum off, hold the nozzle over a container to capture the grass that will fall once the vacuum is turned off.
Shades of John Allen!
Gerry Great job real nice enjoyed the tips///
Thanks again for all the comments! I appreciate it.
Hope to see some of you at the NMRA convention in Salt Lake City this coming week. But seriously folks, I’ll be there all week!
Great episode! Jam packed with how-to information making this episode one to keep for the future. Thanks, Gerry!
This gentleman is the best MRVP has to offer….he makes one feel like you are there sharing his layout experience…kudos’s To Gerry
Never seen a manhole cover on a country road, but have seen a lot of water shut off valves and/or gas shutoffs. Almost like a down sized manhole down to 6″ hole.
Guess I’ll have to get one of the better static grass applicators like yours!
Man that was well worth the effort Gerry, it looks great. I knew it would look really good, but it took on a life of it’s own.
Great work Gerry, love the static grass and dandelion adds. One comment on the bridge…….that single track looks lonely up there, could you have laid a second row of ties across the bridge deck as if there were a two-track line through there or a siding at one time that was abandoned? Great gravel road and cool signs. Thanks.
Thanks for the comments, everyone!
Russell — Puddles at the base of the gravel road is a great idea! I’ll have to go back and add a few. Thanks.
Robert — I’ve had hundreds of people (literally) see that scene, and none has ever asked me about the manhole covers — and it’s a really good question! The reason? I just liked adding that little fussy detail to an otherwise monotone road. The county commissioners were paid-off very handsomely!
This was a fun series to do and I’m glad you all enjoyed it!
Wow, Gerry, you’re a “budding” botanist!
Hi Gerry,
Loved the series. One thing I’d say is that anywhere a gravel road meets a sealed road you’ll find the gravel encroaching on the seal as vehicles come out of the gravel and bring bits of the gravel with them. If it been wet recently, you’ll have more (wetter looking) gravel, but even in dry seasons you’ll have some out on the seal as well.
Something else to think of is that in a wet season, you’ll have water running down that gravel road as well , so some puddles (mud bogs) might look good too.
One of your best episodes ever Gerry! Now I need to go back and add more scenery to some of my ‘spaces’ and make them even better and more believable. Like your MRVP signs and it has been the single-most program that has helped me in this ‘fun’ hobby… Thanks for all the tips!
Great video Gerry !
I’ll be useing these modeling techniques very soon.. One of the most informative an interesting videos I have watched. Thank you.
I’m just starting a bit of scenery on my own layout, so I’ll be looking at this series over and over as I progress. Great job, Gerry!
By ginger snappy, Gerry, that sure do make a fine looking scene. But, I am really curious as to why there are man-holes down the middle of a two-lane country road. Usually one finds them in cities, towns and villages that provide sewer, water or electrical service below the streets. One logical explanation would be good old graft. Some politico’s brother-in-law owns a pipe laying firm and needed the money. Just another gummint boon-doggle.
Wow! So much information in one episode. I’ll be watching this one many times over. Great series.
Excellent series and well done by Gerry. Glad I have a “library card!”