No.7 The loco yard

The ballast has reached the loco yard: 




Where there are to be buildings I have glued a piece of cardboard down to the board prior to ballasting.  The cardboard is cut ever so slightly smaller than the building footprint so that it doesn't show beneath the finished building.  I also took the opportunity to make a 'concrete' floor for the engine sheds.



Here is the footprint for the old Superquick shed:



And here the footprint for the Skaledale Shed:


And then the finished product:



Location: Dumfries and Galloway, UK

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