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bulleidboy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:21 pm I like the dock wall created from old track bed - very effective - needs a bit of seaweed hanging from it?

IanS wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:59 pm A serious question: Why does nobody depicting railways in Britain ever (I've never seen it) show puddles down the side or roads or on roads/tracks by the side of lines as if it has been raining? Unless it is the height of summer there's usually somewhere that still has a puddle!

It's the one thing that would improve your layout, excellent though it is!

IanS wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:59 pm A serious question: Why does nobody depicting railways in Britain ever (I've never seen it) show puddles down the side or roads or on roads/tracks by the side of lines as if it has been raining? Unless it is the height of summer there's usually somewhere that still has a puddle!

It's the one thing that would improve your layout, excellent though it is!

Bandit Mick wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:14 pm Funny you should mention puddles. Have just built baseboards for a small shunting layout. I then put on my creative hat and painted/chalked a miserable grey November sky. The intention is to portray a run down engineering works/wagon repair shop and the air of dereliction will hopefully be helped along by the weather and the puddles! I too have never seen puddles portrayed - it’s often summer with summery weather to match.