Monday 7th July 2025

Another switch of day.

Worklist:

Apply a basecoat on the end wall and paint the road.

Apply electrostatic grass to the ground cover/foliage along the new strips.

Paint extended road into Edwards.

Stephen made-up a pallet of acrylic paints, mixed a matching red brick and applied a basecoat on the wall. A pallet of grey followed for the road, copying details and variations in the existing.

Geoff assembled a mixture of electrostatic grasses. 6 and 12mm almost straw coloured grass appeared to have been used previously and he eventually found some of them all. However, the start was delayed when the electrostatic pot wouldn't work. A faulty connection was repaired and he was back in business. He applied PVA to a test area and with the glued grounded with the lead, 'charged' long grass strands were sprinkled over the area. It was a good match for the existing areas, so he pressed on with more. (Photos to follow)

Stephen moved on to the road into Edwards, again matching colours and deviations. The existing road surface had also received a coating of fine light grey granules. It was eventually established to be chinchilla dust, which we still had a pot of.

Discussions ensued regarding the addition of fences in the extended areas, but no agreement could be reached. And the pipes need to be extended. We'll discuss it all next week.

Finally, a coat of undercoat was applied to the new front fascia's.