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Looking very effective Mr.B I do like using the MIG products and only need minuscule amounts to be effective too. G

I can see I need to finally get a few MIG powders and have a tinker.

@AlfaZagato I had investigated a colour match from the 'Air' range directly against Railmatch Loco Green in the bottle without finding even a close match. I feel the 'Colour' range will probably best suit but may still need a mix and of course will need thinning if spraying. I am still looking though when I have access to shops as I prefer to spray ready prepared colour, my colour mixing (I feel) varies too much.

Thanks for the comments, as you say trying to use forced perspective when you can't force the site lines is next to impossible. I think I'm going to have a go at making it a bit taller and also trying to make the slope more defined as it drops down quite sharply toward the station building end. I found a couple more pictures which show the relationship between the goods shed and motte in a better angle. Also it shows that there is a bit of wall which could run against the backscene.

In the first photo I think it looks good. I can believe the forced perspective and therefore believe that the motte is bigger than it really is but more distant. I also like the winding path - it left me in no doubt about what I was meant to be seeing. Perhaps you can enhance the illusion further by de-saturating the colours progressively up the motte when you come to do the scenic work. The other viewing angles reveal the reality but this is as expected since they are not the angles from which the forced perspective is expected to work. I am not sure what you can do about that. Even if you model less of the motte and push more of it to back-scene, you will still not get the correct impression from these other angles since back-scenes only work properly when viewed face on. The best forced perspective models I have seen control the viewing angle very precisely to a specific point through a proscenium arch. That is not really an option with this layout. Nearly all of us are forced in to difficult compromises due to space On a more general point, I think your buildings and track look really good.

GWR green faded to black over time, so don’t worry about getting it too dark!

In my opinion that mix would be a bit too dark for the 1930s/grouping years. But it's so subjective, and the lining also makes a difference. For me the grouping era green was like the photo of Pershore Plum towards the bottom of this page: http://www.gwr.org.uk/liveriesloco1906.html Not sure what Vallejo colours might give you that though. Matt a.k.a. @Bluemonkey presents.... may know, I believe he uses Vallejo.