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Urban Gaming Board - Part 5

Hi All,

Short update today. I made good progress on board 3 (where the petrol station will be placed) today. An update on that board hopefully wont be too far away.

I cut out the kerb pieces for board 3, did the footpath detail, dry brushed it up and then flocked it.

All that is really left for board 3 is a couple of road markings.


The above pieces are the kerbs for board 3 - they dried off nicely and the 'waviness' of the flocking on the big one has settled down.

Another small project I worked on was some crates. These were a bit fiddly but after assembling, spraying and dry brushing they came pretty good!


Next update should be the completion of board 3. Left on the 'to-do' list is: the Park (for the vacant area where the crates are sitting), flocking the tree bases, phone box, dumpsters, details (posters etc) and weathering for the theatre and detailing the service station.

I also bought some civilians so will have to paint them up when they arrive. I will also have to search a couple of good vehicles (ones which fit the period and aren't too much work).

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