As it’s been a minute since I’ve posted anything, figured I’d quickly post some photos of what’s been running on the rails in Slottown.
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Dog Days of Spring
We added a few additional touches to the dog park:
– Used some inexpensive LED string lights. I just cut off the battery pack and wired them in to my layout DC source. The batteries included with the string lights were 2 x CR2032 3V but my DC source on the layout is 4.5V. The wires were originally silver, so I painted them black with some acrylic paint
– Used some bamboo grill sticks for the light supports, just cut them to length and painted them black
– Picked up a few Arttista dog figures to populate the park
We still need to add a few additional details, but we may wait until we purchase a 3D printer:
- Trash Cans
- Dog poop
- Water Bowl
- Benches
Trees in Bloom
Spring has sprung in Slottown – this past weekend, in the spirit of “Social Distancing” due to these unprecedented times and because we finally got some clear weather to use our Scenic Express Super Trees starter kit to make some trees –
The fences are the new Woodland Scenics fencing system which we painted black for the dog park.
We have lots of “flock” and “realistic leaves” left over, so I’ve put an order in for some Sedum “Autumn Glory” seeds which we’ll plant this weekend. Come fall, we should be able to harvest the dried flowers to make more trees.
All in all, the O Scale layout is shaping up – we still have the downtown area to apply scenery, then finally add some road signs and maybe telephone poles (undecided on the latter due to the finicky nature).