Here we are at the February 2012 WGH on Tour show in Portland and as can be seen here, the winery building has been installed and the area around the owner's house has been landscaped.
Can't have a winery without a source of wine grapes. The Canyon Top Vineyards finally get planted in a plot that has been cultivated along the canyon edge and is reinforced by a retaining wall.
Most of the year has passed since the last posting. Throughout the year, the canyon walls have increased in detail and the upper falls area has matured as well. The views in these photos share some of that progress.
Started working on the water surface above the upper falls. Here you can see the result after an initial pour of the Magic Water resin over a pre-stained river surface.
Believe it or not, the better part of a year has gone by without an update. Was a busy year without much progress on the modules but some recent show activities have spurred me on to pick up the modeling tools and get back to work.
Some progress has been made in the canyon ... all of the rock work has had its color treatment and some of the plantings are starting to appear along the slopes. Still haven't started to address the canyon floor where ultimately a river will exist.
Here is a view of the CZM module setup at the recent train show in Monroe, Washington. This particular set up wasn't our longest version since we had substituted a shorter 2 foot end module (far end of this view) for the 6.5 foot monster that usually fills that role.
Here we go ... now we are making some real progress on another side of the module. This is a view into the cut with its retaining fences holding back lots of loose rock.
The module has progressed significantly on the landscaping side of things. Most notably, the tree count has gone up significantly with the addition of at least 200+ custom trees made using a technique taught to us by a fellow CZM member (Loren S.).
So now I'm really guilty of jumping forward in time, to mid-November no less ... it's the third public showing of this module (seen in the foreground). The event is the GW&ATS in Vancouver, Washington, USA and ...
