It does look very fiddly Erik, but that time you spend doing it does produce spectacular results.
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Yeap I agree- it is already looking really good.
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Thanks guys!
During lunch I found a better way. I split the thread in three threads. So it’s have a third part thickness compared to the first picture. Looking better. I make three threads per stick.
Can’t wait to continue… cheers
I also went outside my house for some reference pictures for the bushes.
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I was going to remark that the rope looked a bit thick, but that is no longer neccesary I see 
The challenge wth following your threads is that one never knows where it is going! You make so many side steps and detours that I alway wonder what will be next… 
But what you do, is of a high quality… So keep surprising us!!! 
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Well thanks man! Yes after looking at the pictures I realized that they where to thick.
My weakness is that I got to many ideas and possibilities in my head. I want to build so much, but life is to short.
Anyway, after my pasta I finished the first part of the fence. I added some plants etc to see how it looked. Both the fence and the plants will be primed black and then repainted with airbrush and brush.
Cheers
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I find thread rather hard to paint. Somehow the original color always seems to show through the paint…
I hope it will work out. The thread will be painted with brush and airbrush at least three times I think.
I have redesigned the left part of the fence as you see in the pictures. I just made my self a jig for the gutters. Cheers
PS I will cut down some of the sticks on the fence.
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Great little bits of work done on it Erik. I really like those fences … They give it a real feel for a real area in that time frame which are still being used today… And glad your finally getting some time to eat 
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Erik,
Great work as usual on the small and large diorama. Like the jig for the gutters.
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Thanks guys!
Sundays are fun days!
Got inspired of my favorite book while taking a cup of coffee.
So out of this I tried to make some mushrooms:
Result:
I have also painted the base black, I will paint in black again after adding grass etc. but I thought it looks better black than clay-colored.
It’s also easier to see where I need to keep working with the base.
I have also. Add don test with a sort of fern I try to reproduce.
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Great idea for those mushrooms… They will look good if they make it onto the dio. Keep up the great ideas … They help all of us
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Thanks John. Well unfortunately they are just a little too big. This type of mushrooms can be big as these, but I am not sure if a will use them.
They are common in a forest not in an open field like this. Maybe in the back at the tree.
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I agree with the forest setting for those… I have some small bits of sprue that I think you could use if you sliced the rounded bit off and added a stalk … I may experiment with that idea …
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Less than 3 weeks to the competition.
A final step today, the fence is almost ready, from now I feel it’s only rock’n roll!
For the first time we can see the setup as it will look in the end. I just added some bushes etc including my two mushrooms for fun. The fire wood building is missing in the pictures.
Just so you understand, not a single color on the groundwork looks like it will do in the end.
Cheers
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I haven’t dropped the idea of some mushrooms, I made a new prototype out of a end piece of a sprue.
I think a couple of these could work out.
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Very nice …the new one is a more realistic size for a normal field mushroom.
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Thanks John!
It looks like this:
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During morning coffee, I experimented with painting a fern.
I have 4 pieces of the fern, I will definitely use them.
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Erik, are the ferns and the clumps of white flowers from sets ? and if yes, from who ? The painting looks nice on the one you’ve shown above
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The mushrooms are a great idea- I think you are spot-on with the smaller size variety.
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