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**okiecrip** · 11-19-2011, 03:10 PM

boy ed you are old

**Leo_Starrenburg** · 11-20-2011, 06:16 AM

Steptoe & Son and Coronation street, how time flies !

I'll be bringing a tomato pie and hot soup to the lighthouse, the keeper can't budge while working the foghorn in this dense mist we have now

cheers, Leo.

**kirk** · 11-20-2011, 09:02 AM

More plaster and other fun. Rocks cast in place and the little road leading up to Pierce's built up. The Kotcha river now quietly bends away from the little mill. Will be a nice pool to fish under the trees there

**Martin_Welberg** · 11-20-2011, 09:12 AM

Great looks like fun !! Love this kinda work..

**kathymillatt** · 11-20-2011, 09:18 AM

Can't wait for the spring thaw so we can see what the grass looks like! Seriously, it's a beautiful little corner. I bought something I think you'll enjoy today at Warley show so will pop it in the post as soon as I can.

Kathy

**R.BOUDREAUX** · 11-21-2011, 12:27 PM

Troels,

I am finally getting into roofing my latest build and I need some advice on painting the wood shingles. Seems like I remember you putting on a shingle roof and began the painting with a very dark color as a base, then came back with lighter shades for weathering and highlights.

My question is what was the dark color you used on the shingles ?

I know you said you would be busy, but if you have a minute, let me know.

Thank you,

Rich

**kirk** · 11-21-2011, 07:50 PM

Rich, usually I use a mix of oxide black and burnt umber.

Yesterday evening I painted all the new plaster with umber, and black on the rock castings... looking gloomy and nice;-) So tonigt I hope to get the first ground cover in place. I think this is my favorite part of model building... being messy!! I'll have to produce a load of trees too now!

**ginosega** · 11-22-2011, 07:47 AM

Troels, I was recently made aware of this forum by a modeling friend and after two weeks of reading volumes 1 through 5 (and viewing your DVD) I want to say THANK YOU. You have inspired my imagination and love for modeling, as proven by the flurry of activity on my layout over these past weeks! My love for model railroading was first sparked by the words and photos of John Allen, and your work has re-ignited that same fire. As someone who was himself inspired by the Gorre and Daphetid, you should take pride in the fact that the Coast Line RR is having and will continue to have a similar impact on our hobby. Just please take care to protect it from fire!

It is a joy to follow along with your progress and to learn and try your techniques - thank you for your generosity in letting us share this with you.

**kirk** · 11-22-2011, 10:29 AM

Gino, welcome on this friendly forum, and thank you for all the heartwarming words! You will find lots of inspiration, help and information from the many talented modelers in various scales on these fora...

Tonight I began spreading some greenery on, and around, the Crabapple/Pierce hatch... photos are fresh with still wet matte medium/glue under the hedges, scatter and static grass. And the surplus scenery mateials need a vacuuming of course. I will follow up tomorrow with single plants, bushes and weeds, and will have to begin making a load of trees soon!

**Martin_Welberg** · 11-22-2011, 11:02 AM

Nice to see how a scene changes when greens are added....still wonder what you use for the debris on the grasses. Looks like it stored in the container in the last picture ..

**kirk** · 11-22-2011, 11:48 AM

Martin, the container is ballast/gravel actually... My "debris" is a wild mix of crushed leaves, some twigs, some granulated wood for smoking meat and fish, floor sweepings, some mixed greens from the vacuum etc... you name it. Anything that will catch the eye. Most will dissapear in the vacuuming of course.

**Mike_Hamer** · 11-22-2011, 12:43 PM

Hi Troels. It sure makes things easy on the back by doing the scenery and modelling work in sections and then inserting the finished product into the overall layout. Just a little "dressing" and the edges will never be noticed. This is, yet, another awe-inspiring scene on your magnificent creation! The pages of volume 5 are quickly coming together! :up: :up:

**Ian_Hodgkiss** · 11-22-2011, 01:16 PM

Hello everyone! Still here...

Recently I have been trialling Forest in a Pot by Reality in Scale with added bits such as grasses and bushes. Looks very promising. Australian Customs incinerated the flowers because they might have been natural but I managed to get hold of the rest of the stuff. One of the problems we face living on an island - everyone is paranoid about importing pests.

I like the dark green base with added details - creates a sublety that can't be easily replicated just with static grasses or mats. You have to add the clutter under trees and around buildings - less at the front where the wind gets to it and more around the back and in the corners where the gusts eddy and swirl. Another wonderful addition to this layout.

**kirk** · 11-22-2011, 07:51 PM

Mike, the four hatches on the layout are in places that are really inaccesible from the outside... there are lots of other stretche to strain the back ;-)

Ian, good to hear you're still there... your alter ego Dupont made an appearance a week or so ago ;-) My base color is not dark green but dark chocolate brown (burnt umber with a litttle black here and there. The green hue on the hatch is just stray static grass (must change the battery in the Grassmaster I guess

**Ian_Hodgkiss** · 11-22-2011, 11:04 PM

Two posts in one day - the world is about to end!

I tried the chocolate brown base colour on my layout but the grass mats are so dense that is was largely a waste of time except where I missed with the joining and have had to use bushes and tufts to cover my mistakes. On the latest diorama module I simply stuck grass mats down and covered over the cracks with scenery bits. (It explains why there are random tufts and bushes in odd places.)

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