weekend update 8: no pigeons were harmed…

Well, it’s been a while, but now we got rid of the old fridge, time for another odds and ends-post! In the meantime there have been many hours of just being around the layout, not doing all that much but nonetheless continuously adding detail bits, tufts of grass and as of this weekend, pigeons!

most green stuff on the layout is of martin welberg origin (http://www.martinwelberg.nl/), but a while ago I had made some buddleia bushes as they are everywhere in that area. Now the first ones officially rooted in ougree.

finally got around to put some interior stuff in this empty doorway…

with a light because why not…

Since I had part of the back boards removed, why not take a picture from the back of the layout? A view you’d ordinarily never get! (and in this case, I sort of regret that)

another view from the other side

to prevent me wrecking the things all the time while working on the layut, I had been withstanding the temptation of putting tv and radio aerials on the houses for a long time. Now I finally added them, and have wrecked a few already since. I am not very good at life.

So, that’s been some of the usual… now on to the bit you’ve all been waiting for!

Pigeons!

The pigeons were made using some photo-etched parts I drew up a while ago, theoretically the pigeons would look just about like this

a bit low-res admittedly, but some paint would round out the shapes a bit and well, let’s face it, they are tiny. (about 3.5-4 mm)

pigeon assembly line

first layer of paint

more paint

Seems like they feel quite at home…

ready to give every passing urbexer a heart attack

that plastic bag smells extremely tempting apparently

so, that’s it for now! hope you all like pigeons.
cheers!

Floris