Scalefour Forum

In the interest of completeness/fairness are you planning to repeat your experiments using Exactoscale/p4 track company steel rail?

Jonathan

The variation in thickness is all down to how 'wet' the glue is at the moment the interlining is applied. I think I re-did a couple of spots on the sample to fill in any bald patches and this can created a nice clumped effect. After painting the texture of the grass was enhanced by going over the su...

The base of the sample is a block of Styrofoam painted with green/brown emulsion paint - Pebble Mosaic 2 from Dulux. The interlining is stuck fluffy side down onto the painted surface with PVA glue (Screw-fix own brand 'no-nonsense' waterproof PVA). The next step is to carefully pull the interlining...

The material I used in the photo is from John Lewis ( https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-do ... d/p2311575 ). Looking at the photo on the eBay sellers page I reckon its the same material, and at £3.95 definitely worth a punt.

Jonathan

A couple of years ago I experimented with domett interlining as a lint substitute.



Jonathan

Did you use any decal softener - microsol or similar, wonder if this has reacted with the varnish/gloss layer. Halford's car paints are now all 'acrylic', and can take a long time to polymerize. The can of satin black I've just looked at advises allowing 2 weeks for the paint to fully harden A polis...

The material referred to as 'Rowmark' is actually ADA alternative ( http://www.rowmark.com/laser/ADA/adaspecs.asp )

Jonathan