Freelance 2016-1

[faraway]

This is one of the things that I miss being able to do in N and Z....

I am not sure but you know that photo has been taken after the Grassmaster was in action and "before" the vacuum cleaned the mess up? All those fibers are not glued to the layout. Just a small seam left to the track sticks in the glue. This is about the same area after the vacuum clean it up.
IMG_4707 by faraway52, on Flickr

The green done this morning is very different from the others because I ran auf of 6mm /1/4" fibers. A first vacuum application made showed the difference very clear. I pulled the plug and made is different by intentionally applying the vacuum at some still not set spots and fill the holes with brown ground cover and some other green.
IMG_4744 by faraway52, on Flickr
An overview of the area with the replaced team track and the stub track. Both ending at the right side of the photo now. They spanned up to the left end of the photo.
IMG_4745 by faraway52, on Flickr

An other problem are the palm trees. I like them but they limit the theme of the layout a lot. Some small trees are more universal and serve the same purpose. I used small trees I had at hand made for N or Z scale. They had the proportions of oaks etc. with a tall massive stem. I cut the stem and they got the appearance of large shrubs with the branches close to the ground. A form of small trees more often found than the "tiny solitaire".
IMG_4742 by faraway52, on Flickr
IMG_4741 by faraway52, on Flickr
IMG_4740 by faraway52, on Flickr
ps. All my palm trees have a nail in the bottom of the stem. They are plugged back on the layout within seconds