I like that 'muted' backscene, which completes the picture but does not distract from the layout itself.  My own backscene (like much of what I do) started as a 'temporary' try-out and has remained ever since!  It's ink-jet printed on ordinary paper and fixed with 'spraymount' to the back wall of the layout.  So far, I have had no trouble with ripples. 

I also like your idea of simulating a casual viewpoint, from which to watch the trains go by.  It lets you off from modelling all those fiddly underframe details

My eyes are much better now and this morning I received the package containing the PCB sleepers for building the points. So all in all I think that progress will be quicker from now on!

Julie

Good to know that you are recovering from your eye surgery.  Hope things continue to go well

Taking the video wasn't planned, it just naturally happened on the day. This is often the case, planning does not seem to work out improve the result and can often appear staged.

I've tried to recreate the lazy days at the end of summer, with a steam hauled freight passing ponderously along the railway, as if the viewer was looking over the wall.

I agree with your comments about Youtube videos. But one has to have moment asap, at the start, to sustain the interest of the Youtube generation. I wish you could upload them to RMWeb directly, but this doesn't fit the financail model of BRM!

Julie