Engine shed base.
Board #4 tunnel mouth and scenery base.
Yard area and road base.
Just S&G this week.
Stephen returned to the shed base and fitted 4 cocktail stick ends into the plaster to retain the engine shed. This will allow it to be dropped into place quickly until it is decided whether to fix it down with bolts or glue it.
Geoff decided to make the tunnel mouth. Some of the XPS foam (dark grey) was sliced up and the tunnel mouth stonework scribed into it. Another slice of foam was fashioned into an abutment wall.
Stephen moved on the the yard and access road areas. For the road surface, it is intended to use the chinchilla dust, which was successfully used on the station area roads/paths. This is a very fine grit/dust that will represent a crushed/waste stone finish. It needs to be carefully applied to get a smooth, even finish, so we will have to have some practice sessions before attempting the large yard area. The yard had been given a 3mm layer of the XPS foam. Plaster filler was applied to infill any gaps and create an even surface. This will require a further layer of plaster to bring it up the correct level for the dust finish. The roadway outside of the yard had been given a rough PVA and newspaper covering. A levelling coat of plaster was applied to allow lumps and ridges to be smoothed out.
Stephen then moved on to board #4 and applied a couple of layers of newspaper and PVA to finish the scenery shell.
This is the building from last week that had the front door and window reversed to make the chimney stack position credible. (Stephen couldn't decided how the chimney stack would be built beside the adjacent high gable wall. Surely, for good smoke dispersal, the pots would have to be on a level with next doors, which would look odd?).
