Animals for the field and pallets for the yard.
Cows/bulls were ruled out. Goats were mooted, but apparently they can climb fences. Chris - operator and blog reader (yes, there are at least 2!) suggested donkeys. After some searching, Geoff found a 3D file of a donkey online. Getting the scale correct was difficult, but finally, he produced 2 options. The second was a slightly smaller and mirrored version of the first (Animals being printed upside-down for stability - see later).
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| Mother and daughter? |
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| The daughter has a floppy ear. |
It was noted that the support rods, when snapped off, left dimples in the smooth donkey skin, which normal paint did not 'fill'. Sometimes, small residues of the supports remain, but these can easily be filed off. Investigations required into detaching supports and/or filling dimples..
In order to cut down setting-up and packing-away time, we have generally been gluing down lots of the small features and Stephen made a start on the yard, gluing pallets together into blocks. Gluing onto the ground was vetoed for the time being, to keep our options open for additional items or alternative layouts.
