Another progress report on the weekend's work on the layout....

Well, I've fully sanded down all the filler and repainted the non-scenic parts of the layout structure / board black. I've also completed the warehouse MDF cutouts, as seen in the pictures below...

Here are the scraps of MDF left over from the cutouts...

I use the scraps to make the two half-warehouses to go on the right end. It needed another little bit on scrap added on to make it the correct length (which is what the clamps are holding on)...

I spent about an hour shredding up pices of thin card to stick on to make the ridges of the walls...

Eventually the warehouses will be varnished and painted (the varnish will [hopefully] stop the card from expanding when the Acrylic paint is applied). The end result should be acceptable enough to stand on top of the retaining walls

The project for this week is some AWS ramps which I purchased at the model shop today for £1.85. The pack contains four which is pretty good value. Obviously they won't be appearing on Almere Road because they're only used on mainlines (and usually positioned 300yrds before the signal). I'll probably be using them on my modern image home layout (which is a project ground to a halt currently!). I'll be painting them and weathering them. The project will be fully written up in a blog entry in a few days time

That's all for now folks.

Comments and ideas for the layout always welcome.