Panzergruppe Tarraco scenery: the Panzodrom

[c.rainford73]

hi chaps!

oh, thanks Mick, for some reason i did not see you last post here... my bad... and thanks for your comments mate!

we have been busy, working hard on the yard, there is a recurrent hard work to maintain the ground features and we haven't finished it yet!

past Sunday we moved lots of wheelbarrows loaded with soil from here to there making new hills, also raking and sweeping all over the place to get rid of stones and pebbles, also pulling out weeds...

buy of course, we tested the flow of the river

the work to finish it goes on, we need to adjust the heigth of the banks but the watersheds is completed

here some pics of the headwaters, er... with running water







my KöTi hinking whether to wade the river or not



And an allied air reconnaissance image...



best regards

Super Jussek

[Estnische]

Wow! You guys must be very pleased with how it is developing.

World RC Tank Olympics here we come!

My son is moving to Germany before Xmas, so I have an excuse to go to Europe!

[Arnie_DK]

Looks awesome!

Now. I would love to see an aerial photo of an ongoing tank battle

[Jussek]

thanks guys!

well, we are advancing step by step... now we have in mind how to solve the problem with the irrigation (sprinkle irrigation) system so we can start seeding the grass...

best regards sirs!

[silversurfer1947]

thanks guys!

well, we are advancing step by step... now we have in mind how to solve the problem with the irrigation (sprinkle irrigation) system so we can start seeding the grass...

best regards sirs!

Don't tell me you have found grass that only grows 1/16 the size of normal grass! Nothing would surprise me with you guys

[Jussek]

thanks guys!

well, we are advancing step by step... now we have in mind how to solve the problem with the irrigation (sprinkle irrigation) system so we can start seeding the grass...

best regards sirs!

Don't tell me you have found grass that only grows 1/16 the size of normal grass! Nothing would surprise me with you guys

LOL! not!

i've done a search of diferent varieties, looking for one that:

do not need too much water
resistant to heat and sun
resistant to shadow
resistant to diseases
low manintenance
fast germination
thin leaves
low growth
and do not look too much like grass!

for not to say that one of my mates is a gardener

we do not want to have a golf green carpet there, we want to have diferent sizes of patches, irregular, also that will aid to the soil retention with the roots...

so we will seed it very irregular, focusing on the hills, and between the positions here and there, but also with the earth visible anywhere.

I 'm still undecided but i'm between these two comercial types but both with the festuca arundinacea as predominant species





or, if we finally cannot establish a reliable irrigation system, then this one would do the job: Bouteloua dactyloides, aka Buffalo grass.

we will see, we have to talk to the RC car club to see if we can do the works to use and install the sprinkle irrigation system...

best regards

[rolling-thunder]

I have just found this thread. I'm astounded at the level of skill & dedication shown, not to ignore all the hard graft. Do you intend on being very selective with shrubs so you can have small Trees?

[Captain Hilts]

Hello guys, how is it going? or should I say que pasa nengs? I've been following this thread and admire what you are doing, first class modelling and imagination , yo paso mucho tiempo en Asturias porque mi mujer es de alli, si estuviera mas cerca de vosotros me encantaria ser parte de vuestro grupo para ayudaros y para aprender nuevas cosas que vosotros sabeis sobre maquetas, y para divertirme en vuestro panzodrom. Looking forward to see whats next . Saludos Duncan

[Jussek]

hi all

I have just found this thread. I'm astounded at the level of skill & dedication shown, not to ignore all the hard graft. Do you intend on being very selective with shrubs so you can have small Trees?

you are so kind for your comments mate. And yes, we want to be selective! periodically we clean the ground of weeds that do not serve as plants to our scale, and left spread the ones that we think are ok. We also have already several scale 'threes'

best regards

[Jussek]

Hello guys, how is it going? or should I say que pasa nengs? I've been following this thread and admire what you are doing, first class modelling and imagination , yo paso mucho tiempo en Asturias porque mi mujer es de alli, si estuviera mas cerca de vosotros me encantaria ser parte de vuestro grupo para ayudaros y para aprender nuevas cosas que vosotros sabeis sobre maquetas, y para divertirme en vuestro panzodrom. Looking forward to see whats next . Saludos Duncan

hi Captain Hilts, thank you very much mate for your words! I would lie if I said we did not need all the help!

best regards