“Well, a nice sheep flock but the most important thing is missing: ME!” That is what my Shetland sheep dog Helga seems to be thinking…
If you model Welsh landscape you definitely need sheep, a lot of sheep indeed. I recently purchased some 4 mm scale sheep from Dart Castings to populate my Welsh field. First I painted the sheep spraying them all over matt white. Normally I use grey car spray primer as an undercoat but this time the white undercoat is a better starting point for the following
Caravan camping sites were one of the characteristic features of Cambrian Coast. Again Geoff Plumb’s excellent photo archive homepage gives several nice examples (e.g. http://plumbloco.smugmug.com/Trains/CambrianCoastLines/16750125_TBdHnX#!i=1496685980&k=V3bv9ww&lb=1&s=A ).The following little cameo is not based on any real location but I hope that it gives a feeling of a happy summer holidays in Wales.
The camping site is first covered with a mixture of Polyfilla, abrasive
The road surface, intended to represent a macadam country lane, is first covered with a liberate mixture of Polyfilla, abrasive blast sand (grain size 0.1 – 0.7 mm), PVA glue and Woodland Scenics earth undercoat colour using a stiff old brush.
I then sprayed the road surface with numerous different shades of grey enamel paints.
Finally I scattered a little turf and static grass along the road shoulder and the footings of the dry stone walls in order to give a blended look.
I have been using Hornby’s Skaledale ready-made dry stone wall products recently.
The wall units are glued down by using a hot melt glue gun. The small gaps between the units as well as the gaps underneath the wall are filled with ready-made drywall filler. I like to work with the dry wall filler because it is an easy medium to carve afterwards if needed in order to hide the joints between the individual stone wall units.
If the scenery contours are relatively smooth, the straight w
