The snake has been formed and it almost eats it's own tail, the siding has been laid together with the passing loop in the upper station, so far so good!

As an aide against ballasting mistake I have decided to paint the cork grey, on the snakey part: no problem, in the lower station: big problem!

When I started I bought a large pile of cork tiles (as used for flooring), never again! These tiles have been impregnated so that they can be used in places like kitchens (don't ask)...

I had hoped to be able to lift the entire station area to paint underneath, so pins meticulously lifted, but the wiring is to tidy, so I removed the track but leave the points (wires are long enough) and feeder tracks (wires very short).

The first coat went down reasonably well, given the cork tiles... But now I want it done, so the point motors were disconnected from the decoder, the feeder sections unsoldered and the second coat has been applied. Very liberally here, it seems the little taster pots from homebase don't close as tightly as the old metal pots (the previous pot was from 2007!).

I'm using two colours: Dove Grey for the station area, Slate grey for the mainline...

But it feels like I'm back two and a half years... :-( oh well, it's all fixable....