Working hard for not much visible progress

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working hard on the layout in my spare time, but as ever it takes longer than you'd think.

One of the first jobs I did a couple of weeks ago was to lay 1/8th inch cork over the shelf that will act as the temporary back of the layout.

These days many say cork isnt worth the bother but I like it as a surface and the alternatives look quite expensive and so I have stuck with it

Here is a 21ft shelf corked up....