First we started to take the masking off the acrylic which took alot longer than we thought it would and resulted in some minor damage to the matting - again! We decided it wasnt a problem and that we would brush on the matting with some thinners in order to restore a more consistant finish at the end.
We all ended up getting it 99% clear by the afternoon. There were minor bits that refused to come off due to being stuck into the araldite securing the main outer sheeting. We thought it better to leave them rather than risking damaging the stregth of the structure.
Meanwhile, Ed worked on putting the trees into the base board which involved drilling into the base with 1 and 1.5 mil drill bits depending on the tree size. These looked really good once in place but require some mior painting tomorrow to replace bits that flaked off then putting them in place.
Earlier on tutor Will said we shouldnt bother cutting into the veneer to stick the model into place as it would be a minimal difference and wasnt worth it. This saved us alot of time and hastle! so we stuck the centre section for the building into place and let it dry.
Ed decided to experiment on darkening the road sections of the baseboard. He tested using pva on an off cut of veneer we had and it worked well once dry and sanded back abit. We all agreed to go ahead and use it on the lower road part of the veneer.
I experimented with using the embossing foil Ed bought to make the edging strips for the main reidges of the model. I managed to get a pretty good effect by carefully folding small strips over my ruler and pressing so it left the mesurement lines lightly embossed on the strip.
Once the building was re matted I tried them out and they worked very well. me and Emerald then spent the rest of the day putting all of the outer ones in place and they certainly add alot to the building. 
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