The Sheep Chronicles. A Sheep dips his hooves in various bucolic backwaters.

[Phil O]

Very good work Sheepy, it looks very natural, probably needs a few of your ovine colleagues cropping the grass.

 

[NHY 581]

Very good work Sheepy, it looks very natural, probably needs a few of your ovine colleagues cropping the grass.

Thanks Phil.

However, what you won't find on any of my layouts are sheep. This is despite a number of nice offers from certain individuals...............


The current layout continues to 'grow'.








Rob.

 

[NHY 581]

 

[Pencarrow]

You need to get the rail mounted flail working SheepBloke.

 

[gwrrob]

Nice depth to your grass and foliage Rob.

 

[NHY 581]

 

[Alan]

Loving it.

 

[michael mott]

Wonderful depth and those trees do work so well with the rest of the landscaping.

Michael

 

[NHY 581]

Morning,

Thanks both for the positive comments.

I'm working on the 'water feature' to the front of the layout.

Still on the initial colouring stage but I'm thinking I'm not too far away.

The colour can be glimpsed below.




Water surface will be PVA as per Allan Downes, a technique also employed by Chris Nevard. Depending on the sparkly look when dry, I might well add some gloss varnish as a 'top coat'.

Rob.

 

[Osgood]

I'm working on the 'water feature' to the front of the layout.

Still on the initial colouring stage but I'm thinking I'm not too far away.

I’m sure the Zander will love it.

 

[NHY 581]

Morning all.

I've started adding the water by way of the aforementioned PVA.

As a work in progress it seems to be coming on okay.

A few more views of the layout.












Rob.

 

[Pencarrow]

Is now a good time to say I've never succeed in any of my attempts to do water. It's either escaped on to the floor, dissolved the underlying polystyrene, not dried or dried a funny colour...

Wishing you more success!

 

[NHY 581]

Is now a good time to say I've never succeed in any of my attempts to do water. It's either escaped on to the floor, dissolved the underlying polystyrene, not dried or dried a funny colour...

Wishing you more success!

Afternoon Pencarrot.

This is my ever first attempt. I'm not entirely sure it's going well. I'll know more when the white blobby mass dries out. The first coat applied yesterday looked a tad milky. Nice shine but a tad milky.

But......if you don't try, you don't learn nuffin'.

SB.

 

[LarryG]

I have used Woodland Scenics 'Realistic Water' in the past. it was okay. I spotted earlier that you said you had no sheep on the layout. It forestalled me mentioning this. Sheep are very good at making grassy areas look as it they have been mown.

 

[Pencarrow]

I have used Woodland Scenics 'Realistic Water' in the past. it was okay. I spotted earlier that you said you had no sheep on the layout. It forestalled me mentioning this. Sheep are very good at making grassy areas look as it they have been mown.

Larry, I have long been campaigning for SheepBloke to have some sheep on one of his layouts. Feel free to join the campaign!

 

[LarryG]

Larry, I have long been campaigning for SheepBloke to have some sheep on one of his layouts. Feel free to join the campaign!

He will need cattle first to get that grass much shorter before its any use to sheeples.

 

[Rob R]

Rob,

Is the long grass, meadow flowers etc from those chaps in Poland?

Rob R

 

[NHY 581]

Rob,

Is the long grass, meadow flowers etc from those chaps in Poland?

Rob R

Hi Rob,

No, that's simply layers of a mixture of mainly 4mm static grass. I've then added various colours of fine flock by sprinkling onto layering spray. It sticks where it lands. Final securing is by way of max hold hairspray just to be sure.

Rob.

 

[Joe's Garage]

J70??????

 

[Rob R]

Hi Rob,

No, that's simply layers of a mixture of mainly 4mm static grass. I've then added various colours of fine flock by sprinkling onto layering spray. It sticks where it lands. Final securing is by way of max hold hairspray just to be sure.

Rob.

Thanks Rob.
Time to start stockpiling scenic stuff as I am now custodian of a layout in need of a greenery refresh and if it turns out half as good as yours I'll be very happy.
Rob R