Fencing.
People.
Some bad news as we met over our starting cuppa. Geoff had been sanding down the first coat of MDF primer on the backscene panels when the hoover bag gave way spectacularly and sent a dust-cloud around the workshop. The air was now clear, but a layer of white dust was everywhere, including the layout. We pressed-on regardless...
Despite Geoff's misgivings about the finish on the panels, they were given a big thumbs-up. A brief discussion on the next coat of paint determined that white matt, rather than satin emulsion would be applied with some grey graduated colour applied by spray or cotton pads.
Stephen went straight back to finishing the fencing by adding foliage.
Geoff went back to painting people. However, frustrated with the uninspiring tins of flesh colour at his disposal, he cleaned out an old tin and spent ages creating his own mix.
A discussion took place as to how the control panel would be fixed now account has to be taken for the back-panels. Packers were originally considered, and cutouts in the panels made for them, but Geoff came up with an alternative. Discard the existing brackets. Fit 'heavy duty' angles vertically on the ends of the control panel and hang the controls using M8 bolts into Tee nuts in the baseboard frame. Purpose made bolt incorporating finger grips would be perfect. Matching holes in the scenic panels allow for fixing through them.
