The station at Woodbridge has been rendered as The brick sheet I used was far from waterproof and too fiddly. The roof is in the process of being tiled with real slates.
Any ideas for lead flashing round the chimney and ridge tiles??
Next I sprayed some tippers, brick red then dirtied them up with some black.
More weathering needed me thinks!
Some preliminary work on the tide mill...
The railway is settling in and being grown over in some areas rather nicely
Now we come to the pond.
In a bid to save money I bought less pond liner and cut it into strips to be joined, this avoids waste as the pond is a long thin L shape. I bought some very expensive builders adhesive to make the joins which turned out to not be water tight - very depressing.
So, I bit the bullet and bought one large piece from a different supplier (which when taking into account the cost of the sealant turned out to be cheaper...) and re prepared the ground.
Bits of lino were used to stop the flints in the retaining wall from puncturing the liner
Then is was all laid in, I had only just bought enough liner!
The curves caused the liner to bend over worryingly
and the pond at the end wasn't deep enough so had to be excavated some more so the pump could fit!
A hose was laid underneath the liner to take water from the pump from one end
and then I began to hide the edges
And here's that all important beauty shot which is the pond's raison d'etre. The trains will steam along the edge and have a romantic reflection in the water below
Last big bit to tidy up was around the pond where there is a mound of earth.
To hold the liner up I inserted BBQ spewers into the ground through the liner.
A road was constructed and a crossing will be added later
Then all the trees were replanted
Then pebbles in cement were added round the edge
Last some pond life from another pond was added to kick start the pond into life
The pond will green up soon so should look less like an industrial creek I am hoping but I am really pleased with the results!
