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Also working on a pair of disconnects waiting for repair. Originally though about a bobber caboose but after I mocked it up I went with the disconnects.
Added a smokestack for the forge also.
Workers have a first coat of paint on them. I tried some of the ModelU figures like Scott used also. Cool positions, but limited surface detail on them.
Scott
The new static grass applicator came in. I did a test piece and boy does it make the grass stand up and salute! I took the grass areas out and will redo them with the new applicator. If you ever need to do this, it is not hard just be careful of the surrounding details. I started with a razor blade and a #18 blade...basically shaving the grass. Follow this with a sanding stick and sand paper to get most of the grass out. A wire brush cleaned out all of the small depressions in the soil. I gave a very light coat of dirt and secured with glue/water. That's where we are now. Let dry overnight and then I can redo the grass.
This area is nearly complete. Or should I say its done unless I find something else to add that strikes my fancy.
To start I used the new applicator to lay down the grass. To address Ken's concern about making it look like a golf course I did it this way. I used 3 colors and 2 lengths of grass. I did not blanket the area but applied glue in a random fashion to simulate grass growing in clumps. Once this dried, I touched the tops of a couple areas of grass and applied a second layer. The grass area in the back is lighter in color and application.
When this had all dried I added ground up and sifted dried leaves to the grass and helped it settle down to the ground with tweezers then drybrushed the tops of the blades with beige paint. I touched some areas of grass tops with glue and added some more of the ground leaves and some noch leaves which I had previously toned down the color with some brown ink/alcohol. Add some flowers because I like the color, a few random castings, dead branches, etc.
On the back side I added more pine needles to the ground and castings that would have been in place for a long time...this includes the extra roofing material (;
I've removed the painters tape from the edges and will put a fresh coat of black paint on the edges.
I do plan on adding some rusty barbed wire with a pair of posts that are leaning because a big branch fell on the wire from the tree on the hill. This will likely be the last landscape project.
I'll get better photos outdoors soon.
Rick, layering is the best tip I ever learned from building SW kits. It's in every manual and in every build on this forum. It applies to every facet of our builds.