Well, last Monday evening the guys came over and one crew consisting of Paul, Phil and Kim put up the red rosin paper which is the underlayment for the plastering of the area.
They glued the rosin paper to the webbing and it showed us the contours we had created by the way the webbing was installed. Here we are looking at the base for the Shamrock tank.
This is the long view to the end of the scene. The glue gun is what we use to glue the paper down.
Here is a view back towards the Crowl store. It illustrates how we are trying to have a slight rise in the scenery in front of the base of the photo to hide the seam of the 3 dimensional scenery with the 2 dimensional photo.
A distance view that meets our idea of what we wanted.
The base shown is for the Crowl store and the road in front of it which turns and goes away from the viewer. It is the raw cardboard that you see. It will be finished last, once the ground contours are in place.
Now I am covering the track completely with tape and newspaper to protect it from the plastering.
I carried on with the cover through the whole area.
Now I am starting to put on the first coat which is the plaster cloth. I put down a double layer of cloth for strength. A cut sheet sits in front of the water bottle. I cut the sheets with a paper cutter to make it easy.
Looking back to the joint with the previously completed scenery. It is pretty easy to integrate them together.
Plaster is now all in. The whole process took me an afternoon last Saturday.
The scene is looking more complete now.
You can clearly see the road heading to the right.
A distance shot that looks okay.
A closer view and it still looks okay so I am pleased. Now for the cover coat of stucco compound.
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