The weather was bad so I did the water and took a photo. It's about as close as my camera can get unless there's lots more light. Hope you can see the poles Hugh!
It's all going ever so well today, so I thought I'd try making ripples using a synthetic wire wool pad to stipple the varnish as it dried... not bad results...
I may have to buy a thesaurus to find more synonyms for superb.
Don't speak too soon Pol (and Nick), it's not finished yet. It could still all go terribly wrong!
I'm not decided on the rest of the layout yet... _________________ OK, so now what do I do?
Tom, you really are a wizard when it comes to scenics, this layout looks almost completely real, i dont have the words to describe how utterly amazing it looks, what sort of stuff have you used so far, scenic wise? _________________ Please visit
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Tom, you really are a wizard when it comes to scenics, this layout looks almost completely real, i don't have the words to describe how utterly amazing it looks, what sort of stuff have you used so far, scenic wise?
It's only standard Woodland Scenics stuff Joe. Their 'Landscape Kit' is real value for money. Along with that, I used some of their 'foliage' stuff but instead of gluing it to tree armatures to make OO trees, I just glued it direct to the surface (it's all a question of scale) and it looks fine.
There's one thing that I will say that makes scenic settings look believable and that is:
'Put the features in the right place but make it random'
What I mean is, don't stick a tree on the top of a hill and don't plant your foliage in any sort of pattern or shape because neither of which are natural. Any details you miss out will be made up by the viewers eye. Just have a really good look at my photos of the layout - it's only blocks of wood and some fluffy bits - but they are in the right place and your eyes and brain did all the work! _________________ OK, so now what do I do?
Location: Peterborough (Almost the site of the NRM, but not)
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i find it difficult enough to stick some bushes down in the right places against a fence in OO, never mind building track, wagons and boulders in a space less than a 20p peice!!
The PDF is from this website which has some nice close-ups of their construction in the instructions pages. http://www.cvmw.com/acrobat/index.htm _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Poliss_album/
You could make a boat for the lake If you gave it a metal base you could run a magnet around under the lake so it could go for a sail _________________ Experience is something you don' t get until just after you need it .
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the water is outstanding Tom keep up the good work 
I love it!!
i await with baited breathe Tom 
If you gave it a metal base you could run a magnet around under the lake 