Road Surface on Final Baseboard Part 2

 Final 2 pieces of road surface (emery paper) cut and glued in place this evening. I have the driveway to the last 2 houses to make, which will be tarmac, to go on this baseboard but failing natural light has stopped play.

Section of road surface from the complex junction to the centre baseboard cut and glued in place

Last section of road surface at the end of the right-hand baseboard cut and glued in place

All 3 sections of road on the right-hand baseboard, this completes the road

Final section of emery paper as the driveway to the 2 large houses

All the roads now completed

Keith

White Cottage Part 2, Details on Platform and Start of Road surface on 3rd Baseboard

 Last night I vacuumed up the loose green flock for the lawns then put down the soil for the 2 flowerbeds of the white cottage and once the glue had dried enough, I vacuumed up the loose material, it was too dark to take photos so I have taken 1 this morning after we got back from Warwick Hospital.

After lunch I got quite a lot done on the centre baseboard finishing all the major work on it, with just detailing to finish, then I moved onto the 3rd and final baseboard creating the complex junction in the road 😊

3 trees planted in this part of the garden of the white cottage and a rockery and flower tub glued on the platform

Another flower tub

Another rockery

2 more flower tubs

2 more trees in the white cottage garden

All 5 trees

Vegetables and fruit bushes in the veg patch

Flowers in the flowerbeds

The gardens of the white cottage now completed

Post-box on the platform

Telephone kiosk on the platform

Detail inside the telephone kiosk

Template made from card for complex part of the road on the 3rd and final baseboard

Emery paper cut from the template and glued in place

Handy weights to keep the emery paper down flat whilst the glue sets

Handy weights to keep the emery paper down flat

Keith

White Cottage and Other Bits

 Today I have been doing work on the last building to go on the centre baseboard and a few small tasks whilst I wait for the ballast glue I applied yesterday to dry.

I have had to put my anglepoise lamp above my workbench as now we are moving through Autumn then into Winter the natural light is not always ideal

Crazy paving pathway and foundation along pavement side cut and glued in place for the last building to go on this centre baseboard

Cottage temporarily sited for fit

The other side

A splash of brown paint on the pavement from when I painted the baseboard

Now it's gone!

Crazy paving weathered and cottage glued in place

Section of stone wall between newspaper kiosk and the cottage

gate and stone wall alongside the pavement on the other side of the cottage, and dividing stone wall between gardens

Brickwork surround dividing flower beds and lawn this side of the cottage

Brickwork surround dividing flower bed and lawn on the other side of the cottage

lawn areas coated with glue then green flock sprinkled on

A pair of buffer beams arrived in the post this morning, 1 of them fixed to the end of the siding on the right-hand baseboard so I don't lose it!

With looking for small tasks to do whilst the ballast glue dries I needed to finish the edge of the left-hand baseboard adjacent the Railway Inn

Piece of paving cut and glued in place

The other side of the Railway Inn chimney breast needed sorting

This flower bed sits in the space nicely, but I have not glued it in place, it will just sit here and can be removed if and when I need to split the baseboards apart

HADARFORD name board glued in place in front of the bicycle rack

The other name board glued against this station building and a seat with 2 passengers sitting on it glued in place

Keith

Ballast Laying Part 9

 This morning I managed to complete laying the ballast on the centre baseboard, then after lunch I wetted it with water with a few drops of washing up liquid added (this stops the ballast from "pooling" when applying the glue) then very carefully (well actually not that carefully) dripped glue onto it all (and everywhere else!!). I have to leave it now for 24 hours to fully dry.

Final ballast applied

Central section

And finally lefthand end

Glue applied

This now has to be left for 24 hours to dry thoroughly

Keith

Ballast Laying Part 8

Almost there, ballasting of the front track is almost complete with just the front edge to finish, but with the days getting shorter I am having to resort to artificial light, which is not as good to work by, I prefer natural light which is cheaper too! 😊

Ballasting in process using the lamp

Right-hand end

Centre

Left-hand end

The whole length

Keith