Living in rented accomodation with fitted carpets tends to preclude the sort of messy scenic work I’ve used on layouts in the past. No plaster Mod-Roc scenery, no green emulsion as a base for scatter materials, and no loose ballast fixed with watered-down PVA glue.
On Wöminsee, I’ve been using Kato Unitrack to avoid ballasting, and I’ve been experimenting with Heki grass mats for ground cover. The results can be seen above. I still need to do some trimming of the edges.
The result looks passable, though it’s not what I’d call exhibition standard. But this layout isn’t planned as an exhibition layout. The join between the two pieces is unfortunately rather noticable. I’ll have to hide that with some lichen bushes.
Pull yourself together man! It’s a continental layout, so put your funfair, burning building or cable-car terminus over the join
Fairgrounds? That’s fighting talk, Jones!!
Should have a gratuitous grain elevator, like all American layouts.
Actually, Frutigen, which my trackplan vaguely resembles (a much simplified version!), used to have a bloody great grain elevator, unfortunately recently demolished.
Next task is to make some holes to disappear those read and black point power leads.
First you knock our gratuitious grain elevators, then you threaten to bury poor old Martyn read who builds them!
Poor Show Tim!
Cheers
CC
One of Rock Springs Crew!
LOL! Didn’t understand what you meant until I noticed my typo!
Not as good as the one on Ngauge-Modern when someone’s spill-chucker turned “Hymek” into “Hymen”.
No wonder the boiler bunnies on the kettle group regard the D&E members as splitters
Is “Frutigen” some kind of pervy mailing list?
Pervy mailing lists?????
SJ – shirley not!
This is sadly what happens when someone buys a Dapol 14XX !!!
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Whatever next ?
Cheers
CC
Watch it you two, this is supposed to be a family weblog!