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Thanks for the comments - all appreciated. It just goes to show that even a novice like me can come up with something surprising. :D Not bad for a second ever layout! What I found made the biggest difference was the details (fences, trees, bushes, road signs/barriers) which suddenly brought the whol...

EDIT: Looks like Photobucket no longer works, but pasting directly seems to no longer have the scroll bars, so I'll redo the images. Here goes...

OK, last couple of pictures for now. Firstly a picture showing the whole of the scenic part of the layout (eyesight permitting!). If you look to the bottom of the picture, you can see some of the other trains in the storage sidings underneath the scenery... a96 whole.jpg As the flash of the camera i...

Here is a long view showing the extent of the model. The signal has been fitted and wired up to IRDOTs, and is showing red in this picture... A closer view, and with a ballast train running! :) The trees/road bridge seem to be effective in hiding the hole in the backboard where the track exits the s...

Final stages of scenery now, including clump foliage in two colours for bushes, some wire trees in a number of colours (from China via ebay) and some Peco fencing. Here is the tunnel cover section, with trees around the edge to hide the transition from layout to backscene. The flash on the camera ha...

Hi TK421 (great name!) This was my solution... http://www.newrailwaymodellers.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=40116#p493866 By having the scenery on top liftable, you don't need to drop the level so far, as the bottom of the cover can be just above the train tops, without the need for hand spa...

Great idea Dugie ... I have just tried it myself on my new layout and it works very well... http://www.newrailwaymodellers.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=40116#p495316 For glueing the polystyrene together, I simply used ordinary PVA glue. This was then filled slightly with lightweight filler,...

Happened to me last night too! I think (?) the site got temporarily full, as even starting a new page/reply didn't work.
All working again this evening though, so maybe the administrators extended the board size?

Next to finish off the scenery for one of the storage yard 'covers'. This includes a section of road approaching the bridge, a farm track to access the field, and a country path leading to the pedestrian bridges. As you can see from the outline of the section, the join edges on this one are very zig...

Starting to look a bit more like a proper landscape now... a76 all bridges in long view.jpg View with some of the sections removed... a77 long view with sections removed.jpg Then to start laying the other side of the track, now that the bridge is built. The flextrack is kept straight with a long ste...

OK - a bit more progress to show :) Finally getting some track down. I first painted a 50:50 dilute wash of brown watery paint along the track to take away the standard black plastic look of the sleepers. The wash is thin enough to be applied quickly and easily (can't be doing with painting individu...

Fantastic use of space and some great detailing - nice job!
Some very innovative use of materials too. Very effective - just what modelling is all about

Long view showing the two river beds and the cliffs a66_BothRiversLeft.jpg Long view along the track. Here you can see the long join between the storage yard cover and the track. Bushes and trees should hide this later on... a67_LongViewRight.jpg A few bush tufts stuck along the river sides to look ...