Steve

SM32 Photo Plank

My dalliance with SM32 has resulted in several pieces of stock, however I don’t have anywhere to run them.

As an interim measure, and to see if I can make convincing scenery in this large scale, I decided to create a small photo plank. Click on a photo for a larger version.

The base is a rectangle of thin plywood and some Sundela offcuts.
These were glued together to create a raised track bed.
The track was fixed in position, and interior filler made the ground.
Chocolate coloured paint was used to paint the filler.
It looks good enough to eat 🙂
For the track bed, a mix of soil and Peco ballast.
A variety of green scatters and stones were glued to the banks.
A generous coating of long static grass was added to create variety.
A rough, blue back scene made from scrap wood.
It works, although I will have to remove the shadows!

The sky was originally made for my 9mm gauge photo plank and it’s proved useful here too.

This has been an informative experiment.

I took the scenic materials that I would usually use for O scale modelling, and these have worked quite well.

I feel that slightly longer static grass and a more ‘patchy’ appearance would improve things, but it’s a good start.

I’m getting my eye in !

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