With the foundations of this Western Region layout complete, DAN EVASON reveals how he brought the scenery to life in the second of our two features illustrating the construction of Parkend North in 'OO' gauge.
WITH PARKEND NORTH'S construction well under way and the layout operational, it was time to start being creative, but before I started cracking open the PVA glue I sketched an overall image of how the layout might look once completed. I find this helps tie all the snippets of ideas I have in my head together as it was important that Parkend North had the feel and look of being set somewhere in the Forest of Dean in a decaying state of disrepair and neglect.
