Well a new forum and this is my second go at writing this because I just tried to click on the attach button and it lost my last post. Anyway I am considering doing a brief summary of the previous forums topic on this layout in the international thread but for the most part I shall be keeping the old stuff on the old forum.

Progress this week on the layout has been quite uplifting. I have tried a few new things. I have created a better mock up of the building I intend to scratchbuild. It has given me a better idea of the dimensions and when I get around to building the final thing I shall be using this as a guide.

I have also been having a go at making my own trees. The results are not amazing but I know where I can make improvements now. I was using the method of brass wire that I wound together to create a trunk and branches. The trunk was then covered with paper and the branches and trunk painted brown with Acrylic Paint. I then left that to dry. While it was drying I painted some Lychen a darker shade of green (I bought the wrong colour...) and left that to dry also. After they were dry the lychen was attached to the wire branches with PVA glue. Although the results are not terrible, I wont be using them on my layout. I think that a better form of adding foliage to them is to use Woodland Scenics Fine Leaf Foliage.

Later today I may be getting another loco so I will post some pictures on here. I am still waiting my chassis from Japan for my Picasso Railcar. When this arrives I will post some pictures of the conversion.