RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2021 Mother beautiful grass. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Much of it close cropped by the local sheep population. This, if I can get the picture to load, is the actual location which I hope to make a passable representation of: Edited August 20, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Wow, Rob that really does look impressive. As you say, it very much captures the feel of the open countryside. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 Thanks,on close inspection, it's a little uniform, but it's only the primer coat, I've a long way to go to catch up with The Sheep Chronicles or Little Muddle. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 WWS basing glue is definitely not just thin PVA, in case anyone wondered. It's very sticky stuff. Just been and washed my hands with petrol.... 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2021 Looks much better already, will be watching how you progress it - so that I can steal some pointers! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted September 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2021 17 minutes ago, MrWolf said: WWS basing glue is definitely not just thin PVA, in case anyone wondered. It's very sticky stuff. Just been and washed my hands with petrol.... I’ve been using the WWS spray but cheapo hairspray does also work. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 I know that I am going to need some more static grass. I just nailed about 75g of the 100g bag I bought! I'm going to make some cardboard masks to put longer, dead grass on the embankments. As you can probably see from my photo of the site, facing southwest there's a lot of trees near the river. That's going to be fun. Or not. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Green and flat-ish. Probably only the breeds of sheep has changed in a hundred years. Edited August 20, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 As a break from matters of the turf, I remembered that something else needed painting in company colours. It's the old Ratio GWR wooden fencing. It's origins are before my time, but it looks the part and paints up well. There's plenty of evidence that the palings and arris rails were light stone and posts dark stone at many locations. Plus I liked the look of it! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2021 Let's have a picture please Mr W 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 I've been trying to load the picture for half an hour. I keep getting a message about an unknown error. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) At last!  Edited August 20, 2022 by MrWolf 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) The 'B' side: Edited August 20, 2022 by MrWolf 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2021 If not the BSA-side 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemonkey presents.... Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Nice work on the grass, I think you have achieved the open grassy effect. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 12 hours ago, JustinDean said: That’s a hell of a lot of grass. Man. To my mind a lot of grass with a small train running through it looks better than a big train running through less grass. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 With the use of the vacuum cleaner, an elastic band and one of Miss R's old stockings, I've recovered enough static grass to finish the rest of the layout. Our c2appy vacuum cleaner got a bit hot and bothered though! I'm keeping the other stocking for a series of armed robberies so that I can go all DCC, sound and Kadee couplings.... 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted September 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Not much in the way of damage other than a few bits where the masking tape took an odd lump out. Just by way of a distraction, 2316 heads towards Purslow with a train of empty milk vans. Edited August 20, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 25 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2021 Onto the backscene next then? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 I'm cheating with that. Photographic backscene, partly because I don't have enough practice painting landscapes, (The Lake District is already full to bursting with landscape artists!) and mostly because I don't have room to paint anything more than 60"x 40". I'm going to be building up the greenery, then painting individual sleepers followed by the joy of ballasting! At least I'm going to be getting some help with the last two jobs. It also means that I have to get the majority of the goods yard surfaces in place. Which will be a good step forward. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 I suppose that if I had built a layout in an urban setting, I could have concocted a backscene somewhere between Sin city and The blue lamp... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2021 9 hours ago, wiggoforgold said: To my mind a lot of grass with a small train running through it looks better than a big train running through less grass. Quite agree! 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 Now that picture has got a bit of everything! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Edited August 20, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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