Not a great deal has happened since we returned from the club open day. Yamanouchi Oshika was erected last week and some minor tinkerings took place, whilst Weyford is still boxed up. Hopefully this will be partially assembled next week so work can continue with the docks.

Things are getting tight as Weyford is due at the Midhurst show on the last Sunday of February. In fact doubly tight, as Yamanouchi Oshika is due out to a show the following weekend.

In addition to the shows, Yamanouchi Oshika is due to have a photography session at the beginning of December, so really we need to be presentable by then...plenty of deadlines and not a lot of time!

For Yamanouchi Oshika, progress has been inevitably slow. We have carried on with the hillside, and a start has been made to the base for the large office blocks behind the station. In addition the yellow lines on the platforms have been added prior to the canopies being put in place. Some good news with the canopies though...I have managed to obtain a suitable paint to give the canopy rooves a more weathered appearence.

I came across this textured spray paint at Homebase the other day, and thought it looked almost exactly the same shade as many canopies I have seen in pictures of Japanese stations.

Personally I don't think the effect looks too bad...

Anyway, hopefully next week we will have a better evening in terms of progress.