Constructing an Embankment

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Re: Constructing an Embankment

Post by philipy » Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:19 am

Glad you are happy with it and it does look fine, but to my mind it actually looked better yesterday with the 'dirty yellow water' showing between the gravel banks.
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Re: Constructing an Embankment

Post by GAP » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:33 pm

Andrew wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:43 am Looking good!

I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of trains trundling over those bridges...
Well OK just because you asked I'll force myself to run some trains to get a picture.
The line I'll use to SWMBO will be "they asked to see pictures of trains on the bridge so I can't let them down". :) :) :)
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Re: Constructing an Embankment

Post by GAP » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:38 pm

philipy wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:19 am Glad you are happy with it and it does look fine, but to my mind it actually looked better yesterday with the 'dirty yellow water' showing between the gravel banks.
Thanks Philip; now you have started me thinking about taking up some of the gravel, shouldn't be hard to do just wet it with warm water and use a paint scraper.
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Re: Constructing an Embankment

Post by gregh » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:19 am

I think it looks GREAT. Maybe a few plastic 'bushes' or some reeds?
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Re: Constructing an Embankment

Post by GAP » Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:09 am

gregh wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:19 am I think it looks GREAT. Maybe a few plastic 'bushes' or some reeds?
Thinking of a few bits of turf offcuts as long grass growing in the dry creek bed.
Also thinking of putting in a line to a gravel pit, non operational points similar to what I did in the back corner to suggest a line into the bush, when the plants grow a bit more they will hide the fact the line is a dead end.
The 2 lines will provide justification for my log train and the gravel train.
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Re: Constructing an Embankment

Post by Lonsdaler » Thu Feb 16, 2023 4:36 pm

philipy wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:19 am Glad you are happy with it and it does look fine, but to my mind it actually looked better yesterday with the 'dirty yellow water' showing between the gravel banks.
I agree with Philip. You should be able to create some washout along the line that the creek would flow, and use sand or finer gravel to infill. Lovely work, though. :thumbup:
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