The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 4

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Tom, excellent fascia how-to.

Rick,

Thank you for the nice compliment.

Tom 

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Looks great Tom.  Thanks for the tutorial!!

Jerry

Jerry,

Thank you and you are welcome.

Tom

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Tom, the fascia looks great.

Ron,

Thank you my most northern friend, much appreciated.

Tom

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Great SBS Tom.. thanks
terry

Terry,

Thanks for stopping by and the kind compliment on the SBS.

Tom

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Another great tutorial Tom. Thanks.

Curt,

Thank you Butty, appreciate you stopping by.

Tom

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I decided to add plexiglass to the area at Eaton's Curve. First, I want to clean up or revitalize the scenery around the area starting at the east edge of Eaton's Curve where the "Great Expanse Bridge" fits. We also call this the "Great Divide".

From this corner to the north end of Sanlando is approx. 12 feet.

I started the scenery in this are in June of 2016. So, the scenery here is 9+ years old. Dust has settled on the scenery and I want it cleaned prior to adding the plexiglass.

Here is the link to Part 1 of the Atlantic and Southern Build showing the scenery being added then.

https://modelersforum.com/index.php?topic=53.1710

The extreme edge of Eaton's Curve -



Cracker houses -

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Another reason to add the protective plexiglass is to prevent this roadway bridge being moved every time a crowd of visitors visit.

It should look like this -



Ends up looking like this in the photo below.

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Here is one of the methods I use to clean and revitalize my scenery.

I take 50% Isopropyl Alcohol (four fluid oz.) and add regular tap water (four oz.). The alcohol and water washes the dust off of the scenery and down into the lower portions of the trees and shrubs.

I use a fine mist sprayer from Ace.



This next photo shows the scenery I was to clean.

You can see the light coloring of the tops of the trees and lower bushes. This is dust covered making the scenery look dull and lifeless.



Prior to spraying the scenery, I put some paper behind it to protect the photo backdrop.

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After an hour of spraying the mix on the scenery, here is how it looks.

The dust is gone and the green has returned.



The next photo shows the scenery between the track and layout edge. This area will need to be redone as the alcohol mix can really safe it 100%.

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Before -



After -



Done for today.

[deemery]

Tom, that's a great tip for revitilizing/cleaning scenery!

dave

[friscomike]

Howdy Tom, the fascia is excellent.  Thank you for the chronicle.  Have fun, mike

[Rick]

Tom, yet one more neat tip to add to the ever growing catalog of tips.