Back To Reality

In preparation for making a photographic back scene we went out to the actual site to take photos of the distant landscape. Cliddesden station, or rather the flora that it has returned to, is behind the photographer, who is standing at the field entrance on Station Road - both of which appear on our model layout.

If the back scene works then the tree line with sky above will be a good scenic break for the model.

I joked before we went that being August the field is probably wheat with a 21st century combine working there. Sure enough the field was wheat, albeit much shorter than the variety grown in 1916. Fortunately, no combine there to spoil the view.

We also had to check there were no jet vapour trails across the sky.

David