Call me what you want , but don't call me mad

[shropshire lad]

We have had some rain over here recently and the grass has begun to grow on the diorama so I thought I would give a quick update of progress , such as it is .

  Basically some rusty junk and some grass and weeds .

  I'm in danger of actually finishing this one soon . Now , that will never do !

  Nick

[shropshire lad]

And one from the back .

   Nick

[marc_reusser]

Looking SWEET! 

Wanna come do some of my landscaping!?


BTW.. I see you are having the rare sunny day. 



MR

[lab-dad]

excellent!
Nice to see you making progress, we need to chat.
You have the bricks down! May be you can do some 1:1 now that you have the experience! LOL!
Will try and call tomorrow.
-Marty

[Frederic Testard]

Very nice, Nick. Not only are the bricks perfect, but despite the recent growth, the grass is still very convincing.

[finescalerr]

Most satisfactory. I like it and want to publish an article about it. -- Russ

[Gordon Ferguson]

Looks good Nick, very nicely understated and subdued, like the fact that the debris looks as though its been there a while and the grass is growing through and over it  ............. lathe been delayed due to real life issues, so i had better go and find those pulleys!

Don't want to be blamed for slowing up progress

[RoughboyModelworks]

Very nicely done Nick. All that effort in the brickwork shows off to good advantage in the photos. I second with Gordon, the ground cover and foliage are equally as convincing as the structures.

Paul

[Ray Dunakin]

Very, very nice!

BTW, the paint and weathering on the little loco is perfect. Dead-on realistic.

[mobilgas]

Lookinng good .... I like the weathering on the loco.                      Craig

[Chuck Doan]

That's some good white paint on that gantry...no rust in sight. Glad to see progress, looking good!

[lab-dad]

Watch your head too when going under it!
I guess you could "do da limbo"
-Marty

[Franck Tavernier]

Well done Nick, I like this environment!

Franck

[shropshire lad]

Gentlemen ...and Marc ,

   Sorry I haven't thanked you for your positive comments before now , but I have been having a wild time photographing brick buildings in Bruges in Belgium . I'm sure there are other towns that are equally impressive but for me Bruges is the World capital for beautiful brick buildings . Even the "everyday" looking buildings are stunning . I have taken a gazillion photos , some of which I could post if there was any interest .
  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the town I'm sure a quick search on Google will give you an idea what I'm banging on about . I would definitely include it in any itinary on a European trip .

  Anyway , thanks for the positive comments and I hope to get some more work done on the diorama in the next week or two ,

   Nick

[Chuck Doan]

I saw the movie "In Bruges" if that counts. It would be neat to see your pics if you get a chance.