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07-18-2018, 03:50 PM | #261 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Southern Oregon
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This thread helped convince my wife to let me do something similar and she even wants to help, so thanks! lol
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08-05-2018, 03:58 PM | #262 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Baltimore
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Looking at your big slick rocks reminded me of something I worked with once teaching a demo at Lowe's: Hypertufa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertufa Essentially it's concrete with organic material as the filler instead of sand or rock. Because it's less alkaline, it weathers and darkens more like natural rock. Also, since it's very porous, moss grows on it very easily. I figured a fellow moss enthusiast might benefit from this information. |
08-14-2018, 11:14 AM | #263 | |||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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08-14-2018, 09:23 PM | #264 | |
Newbie Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: San Francisco
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Scenes from Pappy's youth, perhaps? I bet he was a greaser. Stay gold, Pappy. | |
08-19-2018, 06:51 PM | #265 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2018 Location: northern illinois
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wow, 1 click and an hour later i'm done and amazed. it was like binge watching a whole series on Netflix. got to see the incredible evolution of smiggins folly in an hour instead of 4 years of anticipation. great job noob, keep em coming!
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08-26-2018, 11:12 AM | #266 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Aurora
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This was really fun to look at! Very fun addition to the yard. My daughter would probably use it with her dolls lol. Really fun! I thought you’d like this guys YouTube channel. He does model railroad stuff but I’m sure many of the techniques apply to what you’re doing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjR...74mTg1vrQ6uA5A Also I know you had mentioned no stream/pond in the plans. This came to mind and thought it might change your mind since you don’t need a pond, almost no maintenance but you get the running water! https://youtu.be/Ty0acUVBzYE Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
09-03-2018, 10:28 AM | #267 | ||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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A member on another forum(SBG) sent me a handmade copper still. Looks like Pappy and Albert are fixin’ to earn some extra money. | ||
09-03-2018, 10:55 AM | #268 |
Newbie Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Petoskey
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Where is this place at? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
09-03-2018, 05:30 PM | #269 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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09-03-2018, 06:31 PM | #270 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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Little mash in that pot, and some heat, and you'll make enough to fill a shot glass |
01-03-2019, 07:15 PM | #271 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: US
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Are you still working on Smiggin's Folley throughout 2019? Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk |
01-16-2019, 07:58 AM | #272 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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02-15-2019, 09:58 PM | #273 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: san diego
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Hey n00b not trying to thread jack but my moss is back! My son took this pic of his truck in our backyard today. Also I was at hobby lobby today... Not sure if you have those up there but they had a cool corn silo for a table centerpiece. I will see if I can find a pic... |
02-16-2019, 05:00 PM | #274 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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That’s nice moss! Time to fire Uncle Albert my maintenance guy. |
04-30-2019, 01:37 PM | #275 |
Newbie Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Central Mass
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Noob what an awesome crawler course I was looking to get some inspiration for mine and found it in spades. For your bridge what width are the pieces for the railing I was debating .5" poplar and painting it but wasn't sure if that would be too large or small for a railing. Also I love the rules sign guess I need to start looking for a hard body cause that's great. Take it easy Jay Last edited by RunningWithBeers; 04-30-2019 at 05:58 PM. |
04-30-2019, 01:55 PM | #276 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Austin Texas
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Quick hijack... sorry, but "OMG... ^^^ That's my vision of the PERFECT small backyard crawl/ relax area!". Gorgeous!
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05-07-2019, 06:36 PM | #277 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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I don't have the patience for handlaying my own track, nice job! |
05-07-2019, 06:59 PM | #278 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Orange County, CA
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Fantastic!
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05-08-2019, 06:28 PM | #279 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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05-09-2019, 10:38 AM | #280 |
Newbie Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Central Mass
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Love the garden railway that looks all sorts of sweet! Before opting to put a crawler area behind the patio a G scale railroad crossed my mind.
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