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factory in the corner shared by the ice house is is left over from a Kibri kit. The goal posts at
another plastic kit from Kibri. the ends of the football/soccer field are made
The water off of the ferry dock is Magic from brass rod, soldered and painted. Like
Water (Unreal Details) brand. Before pouring the main module, the trees used were from
the ‘water’, Kevin painted the bottom of the Architrees, although on the end modules he
indented area of the layout with a dark blue made some of his own with flocking, scenic
Testors enamel paint and glued the piles to the cement and the plant Sedum.
base. He poured in about 95% of the water. The school buses on the factory module
He then took a toothpick and dripped a few and the trucks on the ferry dock module are
drops of paint onto the wet water. Taking a all Randy Brown (AMS) resin kits glued to-
toothpick, Kevin slowly and gently swirled the gether and painted. All the plastic cars are
paint into the water. This gave the water a Märklin brand plastic kits. There is a street
deeper, murkier look. After it dried, he mixed sweeper on the bridge on the factory module
up another batch and topped off the remainder that was a kit by La-Z-Way-Out.
of the cured water. The ballast, grass, ground On the ferry dock module, Kevin has hung
cover and dye used are all the same as on the a 12” X 16” wood case similar to the one on
other layouts so that the look of the layouts is the main module that hangs from two eye
seamless when they are put together. hooks on the back of the module. On the out-
Most of the fences were made by ribbon side of wood box, he used colored paint
spray painted silver and held up by brass rods markers to outline where each track runs; if it
that had been soldered, cut and put into place. is a mainline or siding and where his blocks
The back stop on the baseball diamond was are. Small holes were drilled into the wood
also made in the same manner. The bit of box where switches are located on the layout
black plastic fencing on the large end module and toggle switches were placed in the holes.
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