Fencing up and other matters!

A few things done in an hour of model making. The hut for platform has been painted as well as the lattice fence, both in Tamiya Deck Tan. Whilst there was some paint left in the airbrush I added some grey to it and diluted it a bit more and gave the wooden platform a light coat of the mixture to tone it down to a more worn and weathered look. The hut has had its roof painted grey and awaits some weathering as well as fitting of the fire buckets. 

The fence has been glued in place and requires a little straightening up once the glue grabs fully but i have added some creeping type plants on one side of the fence for the shop which looks a little more interesting. A few 'plants' have been added to the cottage garden next door so slowly the gardens take shape but still more to do. In the meantime real gardening gets in the way of model making bit at least the model lawn will never require cutting or the model flower beds weeding unless of course Mrs. Woody becomes involved!

Scrapheap Challenge!

These are a couple of boxes of junk items that may come in useful someday although Mrs. Woody strongly argues that point!

Most modellers have at least one such box where broken or surplus bits that really should have been thrown out years ago rest in peace awaiting a possible useful fate.

I need a small hut or two for my 009 gauge layout. I do have a kit from Wills and it looks good for the job.

However I did have a search through the boxes of  bits and found this.

It is an old Airfix coal office kit and it was made by me when my age had but a single digit! Enough said of that! It does reflect my crude abilities at the time and is painted, or should I say plastered, in gloss brown enamel paint. It is missing part of the roof, the door and drain pipes but such things are not going to stop me seeing if I can resurrect this building although it will be a bit like Scrapheap Challenge. 

First and most essential stage is to try to get the paint off it so it was put in an old ice cream container and soaked in Mr. Muscle oven cleaner and the lid put on. I will see what it looks like tomorrow.