Peach Trees

Yesterday and today I made 3 peach trees for the second module., I may do 2 more so I have 5 in total but I will do a mockup of where they sit first to see if I have the space.

 

and some closeups

 

TMTEX 2014

One of the Photos from the Toowoomba Show. The layout ran well the whole weekend and of course I come away fired up with a bunch of new ideas for the layout and its expansion. I even have an application for the Ipswich show ready to fill out.

Some Progress

Started adding some scenic detail to the layout and gluing down at least one of the buildings.

Less than two weeks until the show. I still have my work cut out for me

20 Days to the show

Nothing like leaving things to the last minute. With about 20 Days before the Toowoomba Show this is what the layout looks like. I think I should get my skates on if I'm gonna have it ready in time.
The good news is since I cleaned up the sheds I found the controller I was looking for and the train will go around and around reliably. Just need to get the buildings finished and the rest of the scenery down.

I was just thinking about how many time I started assignments the night before they were due when I was studying my nursing. I thrive on a challenge ... No Problem ...

Adding some detail

Shed Doors with scratch built Paddlock and chain for the front most low relief shed. Still need to add the roof detail but happy with the look of it.










Then went on to make a sack bowwow to move around a couple of peach boxes.
Again Scratch built using brass rod and some flat plate. The wheels were my own castings also. A left over from the O Scale parts that I had made a few years earlier.

Building Mockup

Made a few basic buildings from "Mat-Board" to get the basic structure in and to judge size and location of what would work best.After a few changes this is the final plan ... probably.

Making Pavers/Cobbles

To Answer Geoff's Question about how I did the Pavers or Cobbles.

I used some "Air Dry Modeling Clay" the type sold in one of the discount shops I simply grabbed a lump of the stuff and rolled it flat out on a flat surface. Next taking a steel ruler I cut groves in to the stuff. I specifically didn't do accurate measurements as I wanted them to be a little but random but the average around 7 mm square which in G scale is about right but the exact size of these in real life was so variable that I could really have made them anywhere between 3 and 10 mm square and still been prototypically correct.

For this first batch I let it dry in the air as suggested but soon became inpatient so for subsequent batches I laid out and rolled the lump of clay on to some tin foil so it could be transferred into a oven set to 200 Degrees for about 4 to 5 minutes. As they are so thin (About 2mm) that is all that was needed plus this also allowed me to still break apart the squares as the clay had not completely dried.

The next step was the best part the actually laying of them on to the layout. Each one is placed on a thin layer of PVA glue. I worked in small areas of laying about 20 at a time before spreading out another patch of glue.