Friday, February 21, 2025

Elmer Lane 15 - Stoning o'fence

 DB says:

With the arrival of Mr B the Younger on the premises a few days ago, we ventured downstairs. He, laden down with Evergreen clapboard and corrugated iron to build a goods shed, and I thought I might get a bit of ballasting done. 

However, since there was some plastic roofing iron in the house, I also thought I might make a little fence to provide some visible separation between the loco depot and the 'workshops tracks/staging yard' behind.

Some slices were slivered, painted and weathered. The latter being rust wash, grunge wash and some thinned track brown colour applied sporadically and randomly. While that was setting, some steel point rodding was snipped up (*ping* "anyone see where that went?"), little holes drilled, and then the whole lot glued in. 

This allowed the ballasting to proceed apace, with a nice fresh fence to butt up against. Similarly, some stripwood 'foundations' were glued in place for the storage shed and amenities buildings.

The ballasting was done with the usual methods well detailed in this blog previously.

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