Hi,

Not much to update you on the subject of Almere Road TMD unfortunately. Work has been slow lately because I've been spending ages waiting for the varnish or paint to dry on my warehouse units. I've been quite busy as well so I haven't been able to do anything in between waiting for them to dry. However, during last week I decided that it would be a good idea to start a test-area project. I suppose I could also use it as a photography plaque as well, but basically it's currently a piece of chip-board with a cardboard backscene. The idea is, before launching into the scenics of Almere, I can use this test-board to test out my skills of weathering the track, applying static grass and other techniques / jobs. I'm not going to let this mini project slow down the progress of Almere though - its just a little extra.

The test-board will consist of a low-relief warehouse backscene (just like what will be on Almere), and a low-relief shed. I've fictionally named this 'test-board' Bexford. You can see my new Layout Topics thread by clicking here. For now, here are some progress pics of the Almere warehouse units as well as the test-project...

The warehouses (which need a few more coats of acrylic paint [probably a lighter shade of grey] and a coat of matt varnish). Of course - one of them still needs a first coat of paint still!:

Bexlford TMD so far (its taken me 3 days just to make the Jewson warehouse units:

Thanks for viewing. Any advice / comments very welcome.

More to come this weekend hopefully.