At long last the cottage has been fitted out with gutters and downpipes, and the build is entering its final stages. Thanks to numerous distractions it has taken me three years to model, and I still have to paint and weather it, bed it in and model the yard area.
The rainwater goods are a mix of the excellent Modelu fittings and home made guttering, fortunately I had enough fittings to model the pipes for both sides of the building but not enough guttering, hence mu home brew.
I'll be continuing with the painting and weathering later, just as long as my afternoon Covid booster and Flu jab don't knock me for six. A hedge has also sprung up across from the cottage, I was going to model more fencing but think the hedge looks better
Looking in the other direction, the limekilns can be seen to the right of the brake van. I'll admit to having cheated by cloning the stonework, which is slowly being carved into the kilns 'DAS' coated surface, and adding some more green stuff to give an idea of how the scene will hopefully look.
Unkempt hedgerows are slowly creeping up the station approach lane, still plenty of work to do yet but I'm slowly getting there.
Teased out horsehair forms the foundation for each piece of hedge Gordon Gravett style. Cocktail sticks being used to hold each piece whilst it is sprayed with matt acrylic varnish prior to the foliage being added. The sticks can also be trimmed, painted and used to secure the completed hedge to the layout.
Footpath Scenic's fast foliage has been used for the latest batch of hedging this time around, from left to right we have medium, wild and burnt green. All three shades being mixed at random in hope of creating a realistic appearance.
What next, well some Woodland Scenic's wild grass needs planting at the foot of the hedgerow and fencing, and if I don't end up in a straitjacket after doing that then I'll be adding some grass tufts along the centre of the lane and more hedging to the other side of it.
Geoff
