My Projects

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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