Panicking...pretty much
One week to go.
The last couple of weeks has seen the track ballasted and the point rodding installed (now painted)
The station fencing / gates glued into place (Ratio bits), along with some scratchbuilt fencing for the 'running line' (post and wire for both, behind the track its all brass posts and nickel wire, the front is whittled down cocktail sticks - waiting to do some more scenics before adding those wires)
The crossings and point lever (scrap of etch) for the loco release made and installed.
Last night saw all the scenic stuff dug out of storage. Some of it has been ground and sieved, some is 'out of the packet'. This is the Brown Selection (L to R), top row - ground Buff Fine Talus, ground Brown Fine Talus, ground Fine Buff Ballast, bottom row - Games Workshop stuff sieved to get rid of the large stones, Fine Brown Ballast, Jarvis Brown scatter, dried, sieved and ground mud from the garden and lastly the larger stones and bits of mud left over.
All of the green stuff has been sorted into long grass, short grass, trees, bushes, leaves and general scatter. This morning saw the sofa moved, a protective sheet put on the floor and the layout moved into a position so I can work all the way around it.
The cess is in place
And the base earth around the platform ends in place (see four photos up).
There are teabags in the cupboard, milk in the fridge, favourite songs in CD player and all the tools, glues and scenic stuff are scattered around the lounge and kitchen on any flat surface available. Its going to be tight, but all of the usual jobs (washing clothes, cutting grass, sorting business stuff) has been done, so its the rest of today and all of tomorrow to get the scenics done.
Mainly pictorial updates from now on as they are quicker, see you Sunday evening
Hope whatever broke is recoverable.
Biggest stuff is about 3mm in diameter, the smallest stuff is the same size as the Woodland Scenics Fine Ballast, just a bit lighter than the WS Brown.
