After a 5 month hiatus post Banana Terror and as indicated in #7 Rethink I am back in construction mode having completed the new baseboard.

Probably a weird way of going about it but I have used a simple glued'n'screwed butt joint because I wanted to have a 3mm "lip" all the way around the edge. I've seen this on other layouts and think it looks very neat. I bet it's a great way to stop ballast and grass from falling off during construction.

Lots and lots and lots of "Stronger Than The Wood Itself" applied along the seam as well as inbetween the joint.

One of the side plates. Bomb-proof screwing!

Close-up of the 3mm "lip".

The complete baseboard.

Current state of the baseboard. This shot was taken just after I finished glueing the life-size XTrkCad plans on using a 50:50 mix of EVO-STIK Wood Adhesive and water.

The next TO-DO items are to fill-in the screw heads, sand and paint. Can't make my mind up between common black or some very nice Country Cream self-undercoating exterior matt?