Grade crossing planks have been given brown wash (Vallejo) in two coats and after that we started ballasting using grey ballast (Noch 09374). Continue reading “Ballasting”
Ballasting
Road and grade crossing
Module surface is painted with household latex paint to avoid white plaster showing later on.
Road is made using 2 mm foamboard, painted and weathered. Continue reading “Road and grade crossing”
Legs for our modules, The beginning
After long search for a dependable and cheap source Dubravko managed to find shop that will cut us module legs into lengths. After that he smoothed the edges and they left modules in a garage to dry for few more months.
We still have to drill holes in them and put in leveling feets but that will probably wait for summer.
Plastering starts at the Garage
Although Boki already plastered one of the modules at home, tonight we officially opened plastering season in Garage! Modules looks much better and it is much easier to envision future contours of landscape.
We countinue with landscaping
This time there were three of us – Oli, Niko and Davor. Boki was officially excused and Dubravko is not too eager to join us but he took over the task of making legs for our modules for displaying purposes.
Gas Station – Part 2
After some brake in publishing progress I decided do some catch up.
Next step was putting together “half” sides and putting on the roof. Seems that are left will be fixed using putty. Continue reading “Gas Station – Part 2”
Foam everywhere
Boki and Davor were left alone with a pile of foam which needs to be shaped and installed.
Gas Station – Part 1
One of the objects needed to complete first module is a small gas station with repair shop.
Gas station is Woodland Scenics Kit (D223). It is a soft metal kit with decent details and not the worst of metal kits fitting. Continue reading “Gas Station – Part 1”
Additional foam and making of a dry creek
For the first time since the beginning of the intense working activities there were four of us present in the “evening shift” – Boki, Davor, Niko and Oli.We had only three workbenches, so Oli’s two angle modules were used as a workbench.
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We began landscaping
We were very productive on Saturday afternoon.
At the beginning of session, we switched polarity on both switches on Oli’s station, which had caused us some troubles when we did test driving last time.
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