009 slate fencing

In the absence of sticking little bits of cardboard together, I've found another tedious job: slab fencing. Pretty simple: 20thou black plasticard sliced into a 17-18mm strip, sanded roughly, then cut into random shapes. Then glued to a piece of cotton strung between 'planted' cocktail sticks.

I claim no originality for this. I first saw it described by Dick Wyatt in the Dovey Valley articles in 1978. The layout (and Dick) are heading toward 150 exhibition outings and it still looks OK, so...