I might remember to put photos on this time

After wiping everything out and getting back to the bare minimum I really needed to disguise the fact this is just a round circle of track.

So I came up with this:-

John Wiffen (Scalescenes) came up with a quick aqueduct kit, no instructions and I did a lot of playing about with it, but I think it's come out rather well.

The railings are a ratio kit.

Now do I leave the backscene that high or do I cut it down so it sits just below the aqueduct so it can't be seen from the front?

I still need to varnish the canal bed and then do loads of static grass, backscene( I have a photo to glue on to the foamboard back board and all the rest of the finishing touches.

The polystyrene blocks that the trees are currently standing in really need to go as well!!

This was also a time to practice tree making so got a kit from Treemendous models, these are what I've built.

Not really happy with the leaves but as these are the first two trees I've ever made they are not too bad.

These ones are from the model tree shop, I removed all of the green foliage so I could try and create a autumnal scene, this shows one complete and one stripped ready for the leaves.

I think they are turning out quite good.

I will try and get some more photos of the canal, but it's a little cold in the loft at the minute, hence no much progress from this point.

Cheers

Ian