Two important elements of the scenery were addressed today, following further track laying on Modules 1 and 2 (photos are forthcoming, I promise!)

The end loading dock was a simple ramp with fencing and a gate:

http://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrss536.htm

I have started on the platform and ramp, using a timber frame with card and covered by Scalescene's blue brick. The surface of the loading dock appears to have been dirt, so this will be added later. A couple of interim photos:

The cattle dock siding had a hard standing of ?brick to allow hosing down after loading (or "unloading" as seems more reasonable) cattle. I am not sure of the bricks or setts used, but photos suggest they were larger than standard bricks So I again used Scalescene brick paper but printed the sheet at 200% scale. I then used weathering powders to stain the surface. The prototype is here:

http://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrss538a.htm

My version is slightly different as I needed to add some sleepers between the two pens to maintain gauge, so there are two paved areas:

Ballast and dirt will be added around the sleepers and pavers. I will also need to add a water pipe stanchion and hosepipe. The water was supplied by the well sunk adjacent to the engine shed which fed the water storage tank. This infrastructure was removed by the GWR after WWI, but my "would be's and could be's" concept allows them to be maintained and used through the 1930s.