It's looking nice Al , the backscene is a bit special , I hope it is an optical illusion but the track seems to have a good downhill slope to the bridge and then appears to start climbing again .

Looks good Al, the trees on the ridge is the tip of the day for me.

I hadn't noticed the seam in the backscene until you mentioned it. I think a painted tree could be risky, as painted foreground trees always seem rather revealing to me. I don't suppose there is room for a real tree? (a mode one, I mean!).

Hi Chaps - yes it is the camera causing that distortion, thankfully

One of the unanticipated problems with building Shillingstone at eye-level is photography, in that my biggest tripod still doesn't get me high enough. For some of the shots I've put the tripod on my Workmate but that's a bit precarious and it's a pain having to move the Workmate around or clear stuff off it just for a snap or two.

Mikkel: I think you're right; I'd be in danger of drawing more attention to the backscene than I want. There might be room for a kind of low-relief tree, but I'm not sure how it would work in terms of shadows falling onto the backscene; I'd need to experiment first before committing to anything. For now I think I'll leave well alone.

Hi Chaps - yes it is the camera causing that distortion, thankfully

 

I thought it must be something like that , if it was my baseboard building then I would know it was bent .