7mm Layouts and Dioramas by Stephen Fay, including Pontycwm, Newton Mills and St Stephens Bank

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
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I've cut the fur to size this morning given a good singe and wafted some mud brown and dark green over to give it a patchy unkept look.
I use poster paints to dye the fur double the amount of yellow to green. It's a good idea to see how the green dries on its own on a piece of paper as you might want to darken it down a bit. I tend to find the green usually dries quite a few shades lighter than it looks in the bottle. I apply with my hands wearing an old pair of marigolds ( most fetching) if you get any clumping once dry then give it a good brush with a stiff scrubbing brush then singe it with a blow torch but very quickly. Depending on what type of grass it is you can add different shades of colours with spray cans but again wafting is better. Again if you spray to much then get the stiff brush on to it. Before you start vacuum the teddy bear fur as quite a bit wil come off.
 

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
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Updates on both Severn tunnel east & Gaer junction, the Regent oil train is now complete minus a brake van & the engineers train has grown now the cat & dog fish is home. This will grow with the inclusion of an engineers toad and some Grampus. The best news is JLTRT are going to do a mermaid & sea cow ballast hoppers.
On to Severn tunnel I've added some dirt on the down main plus the lineside equipment boxes. A post mounted box by the bracket signal and 3 lineside boxes behind the signal box, well 2 at the moment the 3rd is in the post. They need a coat of grime yet.
 
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