In the middle of our street (18)
The modelling work I love to do most, giving the land its shape. Nature, roads, pavements, to me it is the most thankfull work. Its ‘serious’ business because just that gives your layout ‘the face’ which you want to show. There is ofcourse a danger in it, every mistake or ‘didn’t work out so well’ piece of work you will see as long as your layout exists, even when others do not see! Anyway, our house is partially surrounded by a beech hedge. Its large, wide and high. Quiet an eyecatcher and for sure in miniature very decisive for the entire model. I decided to cut sponge (ordinairy sponge from the supermarket) to more less the right size and take this as a base. I then painted the sponge with a base coat of green. For this I used a kind of fat waterbased paint (here they call it ‘finger paint’ mostly used in kids) which forced up to 48 hours to dry, and then it was still moist!
Of all foliage I had left, I have taken the best fitting and mixed two colours. Then I covered the total base painted sponge with a layer of slightly diluted wood glue, and sprinkled it with the foliage. Next; 48 hours to dry (24 is just too little as it seemed) before correcting and final touches can be made.
In the middle of our street (18)
The modelling work I love to do most, giving the land its shape. Nature, roads, pavements, to me it is the most thankfull work. Its ‘serious’ business because just that gives your layout ‘the face’ which you want to show. There is ofcourse a danger in it, every mistake or ‘didn’t work out so well’ piece of work you will see as long as your layout exists, even when others do not see! Anyway, our house is partially surrounded by a beech hedge. Its large, wide and high. Quiet an eyecatcher and for sure in miniature very decisive for the entire model. I decided to cut sponge (ordinairy sponge from the supermarket) to more less the right size and take this as a base. I then painted the sponge with a base coat of green. For this I used a kind of fat waterbased paint (here they call it ‘finger paint’ mostly used in kids) which forced up to 48 hours to dry, and then it was still moist!
Of all foliage I had left, I have taken the best fitting and mixed two colours. Then I covered the total base painted sponge with a layer of slightly diluted wood glue, and sprinkled it with the foliage. Next; 48 hours to dry (24 is just too little as it seemed) before correcting and final touches can be made.