Shortline-Desert Mine
Status: Completed
Submitted: 12/20/16 ? By: John Eilers Location: HO Layout Category: Scenes
Assigned: 02/21/17 ? To: John Eilers Priority: High ETA: 05/12/17
Skills Taught: Ballasting, Electrical, Modelling, Scenery, Sculpting/Plaster, Trackwork
Detailed Description (What):
create a mountainous desert scene with a mine loadout.
Add a radio tower to the top of the mountain
BackStory: Former gold mine that played out, now assorted minerals (lead, moly, rare earth) largers spoils are also loaded out as rock.
Tailing pile as well.
Reason(s) (Why):
Most short lines in mountainous areas were extraction based Other side was logging and rugged mountains looking like the northern Sierra.
To create contrast, used Southern Ca Mojave Desert to inform the scene.
Notes:
Mine is a kitbashed structure old Wooden structure with sheet metal addition. Sheetmetal out building above contains diesel generator that runs lift and pumps.
2/21/2017:
Lin to add tailings dump to front of mine.
John to focus on Electrical generator house also making credible palm and Joshua trees.
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