Hedging, Cliff Face and Palisade Fencing

 Hedges glued either side of the road and alongside part of the track.

Small section of hedge behind the garage dividing the 2 cottage gardens

The piece of crazy paving in front of one of the large thatched cottages didn't quite reach the driveway, but it does now

2 pieces of bark covered wood cut to fit and glued in place at the rear of the third baseboard to simulate a rock face

Piece of lichen to cover the joint

Palisade fencing kit of parts

2 sections of palisade fencing glued together along with fence posts

Palisade fencing sprayed with primer

Palisade fencing painted and glued in place

Viewed from the other side

Small section of palisade fencing created and sprayed with primer

Small section of palisade fencing painted and glued in place

Keith

2 Thatched Houses, and Other Bits

 A good morning's work creating crazy paving paths, patio area, and timber decking patio for the last 2 buildings and all glued down in place.

Crazy paving at the front of both thatched houses

Crazy paving patio behind one of the thatched houses

Wooden decking behind the other thatched house

Creating a small section of wall between Harold's Larder shop and the adjacent thatched house

Small section of wall sprayed with primer

Whilst the painted section of wall dries I fitted a section of fence alongside Harold's Larder and the pedestrian and driveway gates for the driveway

Section of stone wall from teh gates to the level crossing

White lining down the centre of the road

Continuation of the central white lines to and across the level crossing and its cross road markings

The painted small section of wall having dried is now glued in place

Shed containing a model railway glued into the garden of the last thatched cottage

Keith

Gardens for 2 Thatched Cottages, Gates, and Thatched Cottages Fixed in Place

 With the road finished and the pavements laid I set about working on the gardens for the 2 thatched cottages at the front of the layout and made a set of gates for the driveway to the 2 large thatched houses.

Polyfilla applied to change the level of the pavement base and the baseboard

Once the Polyfilla had dried I smoothed it down with glasspaper

Then I painted the area brown

Stone wall between what will be the 2 gardens and the railway track

Having temporarily place the 2 cottages on, I noticed I was missing a small section of stone wall, now rectifed

Overall view of the gardens and the 2 cottages

I glued 2 gates together, constructed the third smaller pedestrian gate from a large one, then glued all 3 together

However, I have a dilemma, there are 2 different orientations I can place them in, straight across the entrance to the driveway or at an angle?

Straight across

At an angle

Bit of night work this evening has seen the creation of crazy paving around the 2 thatched cottages cut to size, glued in place, then the 2 cottages glued down and a garage between them glued in place.

Final piece of stone wall to fill in the gap between the existing wall and the cottage

Keith

Road Surface on Final Baseboard Part 3, Final Pavements and Ballast Laying Part 10

 This morning, I applied glue down between the 2 tracks through the station and under the point rodding of the right-hand point at the front of the layout, then sprinkled ballast on it. I have not taken it all the way along the front of the layout as I am going to put static grass down there at the same time when I do the static grass on the 3rd baseboard.

Ballast underneath the point rodding

Ballast glued down between the 2 tracks at the station

 Then I painted the road surface asphalt colour.

After lunch, with the road surface paint now dry, I set about creating the last 2 sections of pavement on the 3rd baseboard.

Piece of board cut for the section of pavement continuing from the centre baseboard and the half-relief buildings at the rear of the layout

Final piece of board cut for the section of pavement continuing from the centre baseboard for the 2 thatched cottages

Superquick pavement papers cut and glued to the 2 pieces of board

Buildings temporarily in place to check alignment

View down the road

Final pavements glued down with Evo-Stik and handy weights used to keep it all flat

Keith

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