Almost finished!

 Well, the dio is almost finished. Bought a nice tree for it from th MBK brand:

Allthough H0 it is big enough for this scale. Poked a hole in the Sculptamold:

Shortened the wire and put it in white glue:

And on its spot. Also placed a set of 3 bushes from the same brand on the right:

I'm satisfied! Just a few small tune-ups and its done!

Some technical stuff.

I added a little extra in the showcase. Its a controller for ledstrips I had for a long while (2014!). It can make some nice lighteffects on a RGB strip which I build in the back of the base:

First I ordered my stuff on the back. Glued the wires and made 2 9 volt blockholders in series to get 18 volt DC for the RGB controler (which operates between 12 and 24V DC):

It is nice isn't it?:

Bougt dome flexibel paint tape in colour to lay over the strips in the case:

Pink in the middle, yellow in front and back. Here you look into the roof:

The effectmodule makes a fire in the background. There IS a war going on ;) :

And a small movie to see the effect:
 

More to come!

Grtz, Ronald.

The picture is clear!

 Goodmorning!

Progress is good! Made a extra ledstrip in the back, later I will explain why:

Looks good so far:

Needed fine sand to make a good landscape filler like the MIG and Vallejo ones. This is Chincilla sand:

Basis of the mix I make is Gesso from the artist shops:

Some acrylic paint to colour it:

And mix it thoroughly:

The first piece on the base:

And on the rest. Because of the fine sand it gives a good rough underground:

After it dried I had to soften the background colours, they where to hard. So I took my airbrush and compressor outside:

And toned down the colours and set a white above the horizon line:

With light on:

And with the base in it:

So that was done. Then I did give the base a black wash:

And let it dry overnight:

We are getting there!:

After the wash the terrain needed a drybrush, I do that with the same acrylic tube colours:

When that has dried (short time) it was time for the first Woodland Scenics fineturf. I use the two basic colours brown and green:

The technique is simple; "stipple" white glue directly random:

And push a little with a brush:

Then apply a little from both in the same move:

And work your way over the base:

The result is this:

Put it back in the case to see it under its own light:

Satisfied! Later!

Last run to finish!

Yesterday we did several things to the layout, we "greened" the hill and made the road over the tracks:

I gave both sets of figures some sand covered on their supports so it looks better and more natural this way:

A litt;e dog is pee-ing on the tent:

Made some switch stands after some prototype photo's from styreen:

And on their place. Doesn't look bad, or?:

And with more green:

Today we did a lot of work, I went on with the green work on the left as my wife did the Lavy hotel. Maybe it is a little too romantic but we are very satisfied with the look of it.

SO; ALMOST FINISHED!!:

Pictures:

Overview

Left camp side:

Artillery shooting point:

The Lacy Hotel:

So far we did well. We hope you liked the building, I'm sure we did. There will be little updates from now, the layout goes to a Dutch Exhibition next weekend on 8, 9 and 10 March (http://www.spoorwegmuseum.nl/news__press/on_traxs.html). After that it will attend in the same museum a half year exhibition that is called "tracks to the frontlines". It covers trains in wartime from the ACW (my layout!) to the present. It also will behold several models and real equipment from several countrys that participated in the several wars over the years.

So we keep you posted!!

Thanks for watching!!!!