On the advice of a club member, I went in search of an electronics shop yesterday for supplies needed to help convert my older engines to DCC. Not being well versed in electronics, I use a association memory tool to ask for things I am not familiar with; thus, on arriving at the shop, the conversation went like this:

" I'm here on the advice of a friend and need some 'Eric Claption' tape."

" We don't carry anything like that; this is an electronics parts store.

Does anyone have any recommended tips on painting clouds on a backdrop?  I'm not an artist so I'm looking for something easy.

What if you don;t want to build any scenery at all? Or what if you want to change the scenery on your layout routinely? Or if, like me, you want to try out scenic treatments before you build them?  Can this be done?

I ran some experiments with 'green screens' the way the Hollywood studios do and I believe that the answer is yes.

You can see the video results on my blog here:

We don't need to build no stinkin' scenery!

Thanks Scarpia,  admonishment accepted - will include pictures in future......  These are my "Givens" which set the scene.

There are a number of givens;

a modular design because I will not be here permanently;

based on a real line in the LNER area (London & North Eastern Railway http://www.lner.info/index.shtml was one of the "Big 4" companies formed in 1923 and becoming part of British Railways in 1947, but its locomotives, coaches, freight vans and buildings still live on in preserved and active use);