clayton le moors tour of the model town

More from Clayton le Moors model railway. This time it is a tour of the town showing the buildings and a bit behind the scenes. A few people have asked for something like this – sorry it has taken me so long to get it done. There is a commentary which explains some of the ideas behind the scenes and the sources of the buildings.
I have tried to create a background to the trains reflecting the railway’s location in North East Lancashire and using buildings, vehicles and scenery which I have collected from many sources over the years. The roads and buildings are on a series of six modules to make storage easier, but the joins are difficult to hide!
I am satisfied with the results so far, but there is always room for improvements and occasional tempting models which I persuade myself to buy! Much of the railway has been bought fairly cheaply on Ebay and there have only been a few unsatisfactory purchases so far.
One thing I have tried to do is make sure the roads have a camber sloping towards the kerb from the centre line. This looks more realistic to me. All the signs on the layout have been created on Photoshop and printed out to a suitable scale – this makes the layout more personal I think.
Hope you enjoy watching and can put up with my ramblings. Sorry about the lack of action in this episode! Let me know what you think!