With the granddaughters arriving after Christmas, Granddad made plans for more work on the pulpwood yard. The goal would be to represent a woodyard in the Southeast, maybe like this:
Yard shed, tracks almost obliterated, a little grass, lots of weeds, and a few ruts will add realism.
Next, a plan for the area:
To save time and ground goop, let's install a layer of cork along the woodyard spur. So, a pattern needs to be cut:
Just laid a few sheets of paper taped together over the tracks and used a pencil to sketch the edges of the roadbed. Then cut cork to template and glue with white glue:
An extra sliver of cork for the Cotton Mill side of the spur and a few "weights" to hold the cork in place for the glue to dry, and we're ready for the Granddaughters.
Back to the standard ground goop formula to mix the ingredients with the new tools, containers, and measuring devices gifted for Christmas from the Granddaughters:
And before spreading the goop, a few lengths of tape on the rails for protection as recommended by Granddaughter #1:
And now for the fun. With the cork already in place, a relatively thin layer of goop was all that was needed.
A few ruts from the pulpwood trucks (using the open end of a wooden clothespin dragged lightly through the goop), placement of yard shed, woodpile, a few extra sticks of pulpwood scattered around, the crane and pulpwood truck and the scene is close to finished. A pulpwood rail bumper and a few woodsman tools (ax, peavey, and cant hook by the woodshed toolbox) were installed, and weeds, grass, bushes, and debris will be needed, yet.
It's great to have the granddaughters to help -- although they may be doing this just to be nice to Granddad, their effort gets Granddad moving!
