Building terrain boards - Part Two

The first four of the new terrain boards are complete!

I've got one river section, one with a roadway and two plain boards.

The river is in fact a small stream, and the roadway a narrow track - there will be wider rivers and roads sometime in the future. The next several boards will all feature the same track and stream and will be able to link together in a variety of cunning ways.

I'm very pleased with how they turned out. Compared to the old boards, the new improved construction method makes these ones very sturdy and level, with minimal visible joins. I've got the colour and texture of the grass and the roadways just how I wanted them, and my first ever water feature turned out well (I worried a lot about what colour I should paint it, and what sort of water product I should use).

The river board does have some trees and bushes attached - this will of course make them trickier to store (though the trees can be removed if need be), but it shouldn't be a problem. I can afford to have four or five boards like this (which is what I've got planned) that can be just stored on top of the permanent table, whilst all the 'flat' boards can be stacked carefully and stored underneath. Of course I have plenty of loose hedges and trees on bases which can be placed on top of the boards too.