Hard to believe, but I have never painted or ballasted track. So yesterday I decided to give it a try. Jumped right in and didn't bother to check out "how to" threads here or elsewhere, knowing I knew everything I needed to know. WRONG! I used my test track that I use to program my decoders or to test running of engines with my Raspberry Pi 3 and JMRI. First big mistake was I didn't wet the ballast properly with the right solution and then didn't bother to scrap, research, and do it right. It turned "eh" but was happy with the painting.

I an rethinking part of my layout. To make it completely modular, I was thinking on having the corner modules as 24" x 24" separate modules. But at one corner I have the river coming out from the corner and ending on a second module. Is there a way to create a river that spans two modules?

Rather more quickly than I expected, I managed to make a decision about whether to build Glanton or Cornhill next.
Cornhill is the interchange between the Antioch Southern and Cornhill and Atherton railroads and as such will be a more significant area. Buildings will be more substantial and more of them, so I decided to build Glanton first, which is a bit more rural and open. It also links the completed scenes of Insular Gorge and (from some time ago) Matrimony hill; aka "The Wedding Cake".

Rob Clark

Signs, posters, railings and figures.. About complete now.. Here´s a video how-to build it:

Anyone been to Boston Abbey in Uk btw? I would guess the platform doesn´t look like this nowadays?