Worklist:
Add greenery to the quarry water.
Continue building the factory roof.
Geoff had reviewed various techniques for water plants and selected two materials from the 'scenics' box - a pot of electrostatic grass and a sample of artificial grass.
Using PVA, scissors and tweezers, he made a start. The grass stems were placed into a line of PVA painted on the perspex sheet. The thin viscosity of the PVA did little to hold the finer grass stems in place, but patience prevailed. The artificial grass went down a lot easier than the fine grass. More plants will be planted out into the lake and also fixed to the bank. The perspex will later receive a thin layer of resin, which it is hoped will run into the plants to anchor them firmly.
With a temporary plastic divider in place, some rocks and debris were added to the edge where the trucks dump material.
To gauge the overall effect, Geoff also applied some scatter material to the bank. It was looking good.
Stephen resumed his work on the factory building. Several left-over pieces of board were perfect for completing the basic structure of the roof. A lot of use of a small steel angle was required to get everything aligned and levelled correctly. These roof components units alone would not be capable of resisting the likely wear and tear this tall structure is likely to attract, so infill walls, props and roof sub-panels will be added when the glue was hard.
