[theakerr]

I really wanted to try to capture the rolling scenery of Lincolnshire from Grimsby to Boston across to Lincoln and Horncastle as I remember it in the late 50'/early 60's and none of the techniques I had seen would do that. I ended up using basic wood shapes for hills set about 12/18" apart and the baseboard cross members for areas that went below grade. On top of these I laid 2" wide masking tape and on top of that I put the plastic wall joint mesh also known as tape (a flexible plastic tape that resembles fibre glass mat) that is about 2" wide. Then put on commercial drywall jointing compound using a spatular and a wet paint brush to smooth it out. The compound was put on so that it just covered the tape. Leave to dry and then put another layer of the plastic joint mesh (tape) on top of the first one and put another layer of drywall compound on top. Leave to dry. Sand smooth, shape using more drywall compound or polyfilla. Paint and cover with woodlands scenic or whatever. Will try to figure out how to get some photos up in the next while. Note I live in Canada so it is possible that some of the items I use are not available in the UK

 

[theakerr]

Basically my layout is freelance but the station is sort of based on Grimsby/Louth. I dont really have a story but if I did it would be that the old Grimsby to Peterborough line became an alternative to the ECML as areas like Immingham and Killinghome grew in industrial importance. This allows me to model the area I grew up in and run ECML rolling stock.