My layout is in the attic and was designed when I was new to model railways and BRM. With hindsight and reading more I probably got the track to close to the edge of the layout (120mm in some places). To make matters worse  the basic pyramid shape of my loft means that my backscene is only about 120mm high:

Also  the transition between the backscene and the roof is very obvious, even with both being painted with the same pale grey emulsion.  This looks even worse/odd  in the corners:

To fix that obvious line and extend the scenery up the sloping roof I decided to create a paper mâché fillet between the two to create a smoother transition from one to the other. I then covered that with lining paper, but it was very fiddly to do and despite my best efforts it did bubble and wrinkle in some places. However it did look a lot better, again repainted in grey to highlight the flaws in it:

After a couple more weekends cursing at my lack of wall papering skill I wacked in some lightweight filler to smooth things even more. I then painted the background sky using Dulux Nordic Sky at the top fading into First Dawn at the bottom:

So looking better still but not great, and like me it looks worse in real life!  Also the wallpaper came away a bit at the bottom in places so that meant more fun with pva and filler.

Now for the clever bit -  add clouds to camouflage the unevenness/ To do this I used white acrylic artist paint dabbed and smeared with cut up bits of sponge from an idea I saw on YouTube.  This is my work so far this time in another corner and this is looking nice enough to impress Mrs Deepfat:

There is still a bit of shadow but with the right lighting on that starts to disappear.

 To finish up a I put a batten painted in metallic gold along the top edge of the sky to frame it like a picture. And around my velux windows.

Now I need to add something below the horizon to create an illusion of depth and set the context for each side of my layout with aim of making the layout appear to be bigger than it is:

If you know Hastings you'll realise this  is not accurate but my intention is to create an homage to where I grew up in an earlier age so it has all elements the I want in it but not necessarily in the right  place!

In my next post I'll show what the sea looks like and how I did that.