Flowerbeds Part 1

Today I have made a 1st attempt on some flowerbeds, this was the 1st one for one of the canalside cottages.

2nd flowerbed added to the same cottage.

Keith.

Garden Paths and Drives

Today I have been resurfacing various garden paths and drives to improve them.

The farmhouse and workers cottages area with buildings removed before improvements.

Improved paths.

The long cottage removed before improvements.

New paths for long cottage.

Hadarford Lodge removed before path improvements.

Improved paths for Hadarford Lodge.

Keith.

Changes to Road Markings

Ever since I painted the road markings I have never been happy with them in the village.

This was the original markings with an unequal space either side at the parking bay.

Today I added some new markings equidistant between the parking bay and the stone wall.

Then I removed the original markings, much happier now.

Keith.

Gorse Bushes and Brambles

This morning I have started to add some gorse bushes and brambles behind the station buildings.

I have also added some brambles behind the platform end up to the maintenance yard entrance.

Keith.

Static Grass Part 14

This morning I have added some 4mm grass to the 2mm grass that I did yesterday.

However I have been struggling to photograph it, it must be camera shy!

Keith.

Static Grass Part 13

This afternoon I have put down another section of static grass behind the station buildings.

Right up to the maintenance yard entrance.

Keith.

Farmyard Grass.

Today I have added some static grass around the farmyard.

Behind the 2 barns.

Behind the dutch barn.

Keith.

Cow Field Part 2

Cow field grassed.

Cows added.

It is not evident in the photo but the daisies has worked as I had hoped, there is just a hint of them, you have to look very closely though!

Keith.

Cow Field Part 1

Back on track today. Yesterday I took the bus into Daventry to buy a new 12v vacuum cleaner to replace the broken one, so I am now able to continue with the static grass.

This is an experiment, I have glued down some patches of hopefully what will represent daisies in the cow field before applying the static grass. Will be interesting to see if this works.

Keith.

Seated Passengers Part 2

This morning I completed fixing the newly painted seated passengers in the toast rack carriages.

Keith.

Seated Passengers.

It is difficult to see them, but I have fixed some of the seated passengers I have been painting over the last couple of days inside these carriages, but I know they are in there.

Keith.

People Painting

This is the seated passengers that I started painting yesterday.

The completed passengers ready to go into some of the railway carriages.

Keith.

Jo and I Part 2

Jo and I on Hadar.

Keith.

Jo and I

Yesterday and this morning I have been painting mostly seated passengers for the railway carriages .

This will be Jo and I standing by the model of Hadar.

Keith.

Small Details Part 4

Small bunch of reeds behind the road bridge.

Keith.

Small Details Part 3

This is as much of the static grass I can do now until we return to our mooring as my 12v vacuum cleaner has packed up and I need it to vacuum up the excess grass after application.

Grassy verge in front of the long cottage.

Some weeds at the end of the canal wharf.

Grassy bank of one of the canal-side cottages.

Grassy verges on the road bridge.

Keith.

Orange Canal Water

 Today I took this photo on the north Oxford canal.

Very similar to the colour of Hadarford's canal.

Keith.

Small Details Part 2

More detailing on the canal lock ramp with some grass/weeds added.

Keith.

Small Details Part 1

It is the small details that make a model railway.

A small bush growing at the base of the road bridge on the canal lock ramp.

Some small bushes the other side of the bridge on the roadside.

And the other side of the wall.

Keith.

Lawns Part 5

Yesterday I realised that I hadn't created the lawns for the long cottage, so this morning I rectified that.

Keith.