Bog Marsh Farm (prev Fen End Farm )

[gogreengelb]

So its autumn again,time to get building.

First up,concrete yard and roadways.My answer to this age old model farmers problem is as follows

1 tin of grey paint

2 bag of avairy sand (the smallest amount you can buy )

3 paint brush

4 soft sweeping brush

5 2 or 3 hours spare time

Paint the area for roads and yard,while the paint is still wet cover it with the bird sand,leave it about half an hour then sweep of excess sand,now apply another coat of paint using sort hard strokes of the brush,this helps even out the sand that had stuck to the first coat.

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bye the way dont forget to use matt finish paint,helps later against flash reflections

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now as the paint drys the liquid (just like real concrete ) will rise to the top so take a soft sweeping brush and keep patting the painted surface with it,say every 15 minutes or so

[gogreengelb]

should leave it like this

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now while you are standing about patting your paint get the 1/32 boys in to clean up the excess sand

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so we,ll let it dry overnight and have a look at it in the morning

[Deere-est]

I hate telling people their work looks good  :D :D

Nice way of doing it, it does leave it looking very authentic. A heap of that in the corner of a field would make good potash too Brian. 

[fendt-man-matty]

very nice

[Mike R]

looking good mate what size is your layout ?

[Lord Ferguson]

So glad you are back in business Brian.... Cracking idea as well.... can't wait to see what's next 

[gogreengelb]

looking good mate what size is your layout ?

Hiya the board is approx 1.5 x 3.0 m

[Mike R]

nice size to make a decent layout with

[toyfarmer]

good to see your back at it, super idea for concrete

[gogreengelb]

Well its sunday morning 7 oclock lets get down into the cellar and have a look.

Looks ok,sprinkle a bit of the dry sand on the road sides should give us that (CAUTION LOOSE CHIPPINGS) look

[deere john]

smart layout you have there!!!!

[gogreengelb]

smart layout you have there!!!!

Thank you,keep looking in wont you

[pether]

keep up the good work!!

[Deere-est]

I love rsa-2 jpeg Brian 

[FB]

yes GGG is back!!!!

excellent work, have to look into that 'avairy sand' stuff

[Jez]

Excellent!!!!!!!

[JC]

Looking good so far Brian. 

[BGU]

Looking good so far. Hope you picked a room without a sticky lock this time?

[deere john]

great stuff!!!

[gogreengelb]

Looking good so far. Hope you picked a room without a sticky lock this time?

Hi BGU you got a good memory, no lock just lack of time will keep me out of the room.Tomorrow here in Germany is a bank holiday Wednesday ??? what a day to have a bank holiday on, never mind drove home this evening 170 k just to be with the wife for the day so should get a couple of hours in to start work on a dyke.Cant wait

[gogreengelb]

Well here we go then while you lot were busy at work I had time to relax so did a bit of messing around with some paint,(blue brown and grey ) some old wire mesh, a couple of bits of wood,some model water plastic, and some help from my imagination.

This is a typical drainage dyke from the Fens full of grey murky cold old water,we need to build some banks on either side to keep it out of the fields and of course a bridge.