This was a second version before we hit the forums we were already into the cannot be flat earth
we had a raised area to hide the curves, home made tunnels made from anything that came to hand often packaging material which was free. raised areas initiated only to hide tight unnatural curves
a few pieces were cut from the base boards to add water or raised tracks, and the greenery well less said, certain as;vets improved but the main station on the left aka Goathland was pretty limited we had placed the buildings down and cut to suit from sone pictures we had of the real thing.
Then a new set of buildings came out and the emphasis was on the back of the building…and this made us pause, and then sone extra pictures of the reverse of the station became available to us, we decided to tear the lot out,start again,and whilst at use things we learned but had no incentive to incorporate. we also used Google maps to size the area.
this was two boards split in height by a couple of inches and then plaster cast draped and coloured, look and you can see the holes from the material that always annoyed me so that had to go too
1. We decided we needed a strong base especially for the tracks, we used insulation sheets,which we had come across when insulating the loft
the foam was light weight if a bit dusty and easy to lift and carve
it took colour easily
and you co uld imbed component like bridges and push in ‘trees’
It was a bit like Lego, plus if required could be lifted off to inspect track if work was required