Freelance 2011

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The details are looking very good. I especially like those valves and pipings with the yellow poles to protect them. If you are looking for finer ground cover, you might consider using tile grout. On my Miami layout I used this fine granite (0 - 0.2 mm) from Conrad (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/218728/Granit-Gelbbraun-Groesse-1-0-02-mm/SHOP_AREA_20023&promotionareaSearchDetail=005">http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/2187 ... Detail=005</a><!-- m -->) and mixed it with tile grout to get the right color.

Kurt, I did find a forgotten box of AOSA partnumber 1119 N scale lime sand brick (Kalksandstein) an hour ago. That is very fine and has about the same brown color as the dirt from the street I started using some days ago. I did just start a small test on a foreground track.


Could you elaborate a bit more on the tile grout. Do you use the stuff used to "glue" the tile on the wall or the stuff to be put between the tiles? It is a power, right? You mix it with the ballast and it becomes some kind of concrete when the water/white glue sets. Does the grout mainly influence the color or does it also smoothen the surface? The later is what I am in need. The Vernon ground is often like pressed powder. No single stones are visible.
This an example