I spent a rare day off last week adding to the scenery around the layout. first stop was the Depot, with a gravel / dark cinder covering with lots of scrubby cover. Yard lights and shunt signals will follow.

The areas around the yard approach and the terminus station have also been started, with the basic shape defined and the first layer of grass matt and scrub applied. This area will have a small town scene, with a parade of shops and a crescent of houses. The idea is to create a suburban terminus feel, with a lightly used station at the end of a line that winds it way past the end of the gardens.

The station is based upon the Scalescenes large station kit, but built without the main building and as a subsurface design. Not disimaler to Swiss Cottage when first built. Tjhe platform will extend to the near side of the road bridge, giving the impression that the station is bigger than built.

3rd &4th rail is slowly being added once the track bed is ballasted and weathered. I gave up using the Peco insulators as I felt that they were too visible. On all track shots I have seen, the insulators just melt into the general track, so thats what I have gone with.