MexRev scenery

[Colonel Kilgore]

I love the sketches (they look proper pro!) - and the finished articles, Neil.

Simon

[Leman (Andy)]

woodland Scenics do a pack of smaller tree armatures. There are about 40+ in a pack

[shaun holdsworth]

Suke-bator  try Lukes APS vids he has loads that show different methods for foliage type and how to attach them. You tube has loads

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I have some of those small woodland scenics armatures to play with and have just invested in some sea foam and some rubberised horsehair equivalent.
I'll be sure to check out those vids/tutorials.
Thx, all 

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Gen. Obregon's six month drive from Sonora down the coast into Sinaloa along the Western coast of Mexico captured towns and villages along the way. More importantly it was to gain control of the Pacific ports, control goods and trade and to deny them to the Federal Govt. Gaining harbours and supplies along the route march were therefore an important part of the Constitutionalist Army of the Northwest strategy, particularly given the lack of roads along the coast.
The Mexican Navy mostly supported the Federal Govt. so proved a major thorn in Obregon's side, blockading etc. and denying Obregon the largest port, Mazatlan.
As I've mentioned in my Picket boat thread, I'm developing an idea for a small harbour scene, based very loosely on old engravings and photographs of Guaymas on the Pacific coast. Like most other ports on the Pacific coast, Guaymas was sheltered well behind the shoreline inside a large tidal lagoon/bay. It was primarily an offloading point for mining and agriculture hard by the Sonoran desert with few frills, let alone discernible trees. Old photos show the use of lighters or barges presumably to ferry material across the bay and the harbour suggesting trans-shipment to deeper draught vessels at anchor. They also show local fishing boats and small steam passenger ferries.
The idea is to create a shoreline extending the narrower 3' width of the table beyond which I can incorporate other scenic elements to game a number of ship to shore scenarios, from small raids to landings of Federal troops. At the centre a small harbour and quayside with a few buildings including a custom house in the Spanish colonial style, with a promontory overlooking the harbour and flanked on either side by sparse beaches used by local fishermen... 

The story so far - 3 main bases from scrap hardboard with applied filler and sculpted styrofoam for the rocks and quayside. The promontory is built up with expanded polysterene ceiling tile scraps onto which sculpted styrofoam rocks will be glued and textured to blend in. A few timber structures such as a small fisherman's jetty are being made up of modelling matches and scraps. The beaches are being detailed and the harbour laid out and building plots identified...

[Colonel Kilgore]

Sounds like the makings of a great little (or maybe not-so-little) article for The Mill, Neil!

Simon

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Q. What do you get if you mix;
styrofoam offcuts
fuse wire (2 sizes)
card
plastic lollypop stick
track pins (2 sizes)
balsa rod (2 sizes)
scrap balsa strips
brass jewellery rings
scrap paper

A. A steam launch and a barge of course!

[martin goddard]

Those are lovely Neil.
I have always wanted to make a ferry.
That would be a real centre piece to a western game.
Surely yet another aryticle that is wanted from you by the MILL Neil.

martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Neil,
I think you are missing "a good dollop of talent" from your list of ingredients 
Very nice!
Simon

[Big Mike]

What a great model. My namesake used one like yours to sink a German WW1 gunboat -  terrible waste.
Mike

[Matías]

Everything looks amazing Neil, you are very skilled!

[Smiley Miley 66]

Very very nice indeed.
Miles

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Thanks guys, the steam launch and barge have really come together this weekend...
plus I've had a chance to do some more groundwork on the shoreline of my fictitious fishing harbour of 'San Miguel, Sonora'...

[Colonel Kilgore]

More nice progress, Neil - thanks for sharing.

Simon

[Leslie BT]

Very nice Neil, Martin just needs to add a bit into the rules now for naval warfare.