The house Lagrume needs electricity ...
... so need a campaign processor (as there are everywhere in France) nearby. You will find moreover on various forums and in particular the forum LR Press devoted to the trains, threads on this building typical of our French campaigns ... which will allow you to get an idea on the choice of its representation (there are some many models) [...]

The moment has come to constitute the raw material of the small business LAGRUME deforestation Father & Son: the trees.
Which trees ho ...?
I already have in stock a whole collection of trees in zediaium made previously, I will here focus on spruces, fir trees of different shapes and different sizes. I need about sixty specimens.
I have the opportunity to manufacture them one by one, it's very rewarding [...]

The treatment of the tracks ... first the rails ...
Before the ballasting ... It is necessary to ask them, to stick them and to check that everything works correctly.
Coloration
On the ground, the rails are old and rusty, the wooden sleepers are for a lot ... very tired.
I will paint the sides of the rails (2 inside and 2 outside). I use for this painting in Humbrol 70 (mat) pot that I patiently apply with my little one, [...]

Well, here is the family business Lagrume Deforestation Father & Son ... The project is moving forward ... We must now think about housing the family and tidying the equipment and tools!
It is my friend Martial Cure who will be in charge of the realization of the buildings on our modules for "the crossings of the narrow" for the Ramma 2015.
He is not very happy to have only 112 cm² to make a house [...]

What's the use of a HO stone wall?
Question stupid will you say to me! A wall will support as in reality a raised ground, a difference of level. It will come in reinforcement of a building and will have to be realized according to the unevenness of the ground and to be appropriate to the place.
In our case on the module 1 of the challenge "the crossings of the narrow" for Ramma 2015, there is [...]

Set up each control terminal ... they are called the "TCO", they are used to distribute the energies, (AC and DC) to cut the portions of channels that must be isolated on the power supply side and also to control the needle motors.
The two RAMMA 2015 modules are fixed together, placed on trestles and placed on a fairly wide board. Everything is blocked with clamps to allow me [...]

I now go to the Couleurs de fond, the colors that will allow us to no longer see the white plastered bands and that will serve as a support for the colors of our decor.
We go, at Raoul Lagrume - deforestation Father and son, we find in the middle of the woods, therefore, background colors that smell of undergrowth, humus, fern ... I will choose as background colors, brown and [...]

The way is laid ... the needles are tested ... everything is fine.
We must now move to relief. This relief HO must be simple to achieve and especially lightweight to allow easy transport modules.
The relief of module 2 is made with pieces of expanded polystyrene, that of module 1 with strips of cardboard.
The manufacture of relief Ho ...
I cut strips of cardboard, about 2 cm wide, [...]

I go to the laying of the track on the 2 modules HOe Ramma 2015. It is about narrow way PECO 80, 9mm for the width. I use flexible way.
The needles…
They were put in position at the desired locations at first. It is about electrofrog needles, the heart (metal) will be fed according to the position of the needle to not have inadvertent stop of the motor. Under the […]

For the needle motors, Ramma modules, I have a total of 4 needles to motorize.
I thought, at first, to make manual orders. But then I hesitated between different engines, like the PL10 Peco that I used for the network, the Lematec engines that I told you about on the Facebook page ...
I finally opted for the engine Tillig 86112, it is quite expensive in the trade, but there, [...]

For the 2015 Ramma Challenge, the modules will be equipped with 9 mm track, HOe narrow track.
For the 2 modules that I build, I need a reliable locotractor, not too expensive ... So I turn to ROCO and its small locotractor HOe ref 33206 that I can get for a price in very good condition at around 60 euros on Ebay no example (possible purchase in nine [...]

 The crossings of the narrow HOe is one of the new challenges launched by and for the RAMMA 2015 in Sedan ... 
The new goal? (for Martial my friend modelmaker and me) participate with 2 modules ... which represent a small family tree cutting business. the RAOUL LAGRUME company - Deforestation father & son. I take care of the way, the reliefs, the greenery and Martial him of all this [...]