Drum-roll please... for today I assembled my first ever SMS kits! So far I've been busy building the baseboard and sorting the track and landscaping etc. It's only 1.8 x1m and it's taken a while to get it to this stage but I can now see the light at the end of the proverbial... so time to turn my attention to some of the detailing bits. Before Christmas I purchased a few kits that I wanted to use and thought I'd make a start on assembling them in readiness. First off to have a go at were the LX239-00 Parish/Village Noticeboards and LX001-00 Five Bar Gates. Once assembled and glued up I dry-brushed with some greyish acrylic paint to give a weathered effect. I cut up some of the plastic bag for the glazing (the camera shows it up as dimpled... but is is clear to the human eye!). I'm not quite ready to fix them in position however I could not resist placing one on the layout just to see what it looked like. #Penrhos #Lydgate

Posted by ianp at 2024-02-01 20:38:04 UTC