Remembering old techniques

So I am nearly at the point to apply scenery to my diorama. Why the procrastination you ask? It's because I have various scenery products that I used in the past and I'm working to relearn how to apply or use the techniques again. I'm a turtle at modeling at times, but I continue to make forward progress which is the goal. 

I decided to trim the track back to where it only covers the ground and not the 8" diorama tube. This way if I want, I can push the scenery disk down in to the tube to give a border. I'll have to move the block signal base holes closer to the track after measuring the prototype. The signals are spaced at 6' 6" and 7' from the rail.

One thing I had to fix was the glass insulator color on my line pole. I wasn't happy with it as it appeared too green. I happened to see Tom Johnson's post and he recommended using Metallic Green color so I picked up a spray can of Tamiya color paint. It definitely helped to achieve the color I was looking for. You may not be able to see the color difference in the top image, but the bottom image shows the insulators looking like prototype ones.

Next skill I had to relearn is static grass application. I made tuffs and lines of grass using 2mm burnt late summer grass color static grass. I forgot how shocking my home made static grass applicator can be. Keeps me on my toes.