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Old 08-30-2017, 09:22 PM   #201
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Kinda makes a person wonder who's buried there
I was going to say Smiggy's wife, but she's probably under the camper.
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Old 10-08-2017, 05:27 PM   #202
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Kinda makes a person wonder who's buried there
Nobody. It's not a real cemetery.
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I was going to say Smiggy's wife, but she's probably under the camper.
He never married.



Speaking of Pappy's camper... Did a little tree trimming. Now that the trees have been in the ground for a few years they're finally big enough to start thinning out.

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Old 10-11-2017, 08:12 AM   #203
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Here's a video tour of the Folly I shot last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkAISY8E0VM
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Old 10-11-2017, 09:01 AM   #204
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Love the video. You have done an awesome job!


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Old 10-11-2017, 09:41 AM   #205
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Very cool course! What sort of bushes do you prefer for the "up close" parts of the course?
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Old 10-11-2017, 04:35 PM   #206
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Love the video. You have done an awesome job!


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Very cool course! What sort of bushes do you prefer for the "up close" parts of the course?
It's the same mix of evergreen trees throughout. The upright trees are dwarf alberta spruce, blue spruce, white pine, arborvitae, some juniper. Then the bushy ones I have some boxwood, dwarf mugo pine, spruce and juniper junk. Everything is heavily pruned to keep them small. Even though it's a lot of dwarf species they'll still get too big too fast for this scale.
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Old 10-11-2017, 05:22 PM   #207
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Nice tree.
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Thanks. Looks good and fits well. I'm filling in the landscaping on my hobby house courses and need some backdrops to hide neighboring houses and such.
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Old 10-11-2017, 06:18 PM   #209
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Bonsai !


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Old 10-13-2017, 06:54 PM   #210
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The secret is out. Uncle Albert does all of the work me and I take the credit.
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Old 10-13-2017, 07:52 PM   #211
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Drone or a steady hand for the filming?
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Old 10-14-2017, 11:43 AM   #212
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Old 11-09-2017, 06:14 AM   #213
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I was playing in Smiggin's Folly yesterday and I noticed it was very green and full of life. Sad that it's going to be covered in snow soon.





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Old 12-08-2017, 06:11 PM   #214
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After about a month of cleaning up leaves the Folly is ready for winter.


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Old 12-10-2017, 03:07 PM   #215
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A perfect amount of snow has coated Smiggin's Folly. I took my junk XJ out for a frosty trail ride this morning.









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Old 12-10-2017, 03:42 PM   #216
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Christmas in Smiggin's Folly looks inviting
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Old 12-10-2017, 03:51 PM   #217
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Wow, it looks so real.

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Old 12-12-2017, 04:46 AM   #218
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Video of the Jeep driving that day if anyone is interested!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6nKYD564xg
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Old 12-12-2017, 05:00 AM   #219
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Do you have a build thread for that Cherokee?

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Old 12-12-2017, 06:07 AM   #220
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Looks awesome Rich, I hope to have time one of these years to start something at home on the same level of detail.
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