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Personally I think hanging basket liner, or carpet underlay, looks as good as silflor, and is considerably cheaper, you just need to invest the time in preparing it before painting by trimming to length, shaping etc.

 

The greenery looks a little sparse at the moment too, if you were to add some flock or similar to other areas for a bit more variation then I think it would improve the look.

 

Hope you don't mind the constructive criticism.

Not at all - I'd much rather encourage constructive criticism!

I think I was a bit rash in saying that hanging basket liner is not as good as Silflor. Put it this way, I'm not convinced I'm shaping it right and I certainly have never painted it before!

 

I agree with your point about the sparse nature of the greenery. I'll have to bury deep into my box and see if I have any flocks left - I can't remember if I used it all up on the last layout. There definitely needs to be some low level greenery on the layout.

 

Thanks Tom

Here's something I wrote on hanging basket liner some time ago: http://narrowgauge.wikispaces.com/Carpet+underlay+grass It's for underlay, but the same basic method for HBL applies (minus separating out the plastic I think).

 

Give it a go on a small test piece of foamboard or card.

That is really useful, thanks Tom!

I'll give it a go and report back soon

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looking good. I knew there would be room for a pair of wings somewhere....well nearly, tailplane will do!

 

 

seriously it is looking pretty good.

 

Chris

Re my earlier post about blowing up the hanger. I discovered when reading about the film (The Battle of Britain) that they did not have building consent to demolish it as it was part listed. Now that would have been an interesting conversation with the town planners....

Well it was the Germans you see... the raid was running 20 years late...honest..