Last of the Rock
The last pieces of rubber rock have been installed (below). With that came an immediate explosion of Sculptamolding—which included the lake. I'd been struggling with how to approach the shape of the lake, and after a while I realized I was thinking more than doing. So, I glued on a few chunks of rubber rock, and then started mixing Sculptamold—over two pounds of the stuff.
This officially brought the terrain-making status to the 98% mark. There are a couple of areas that must wait for things to be built before I have 100% of the terrain in place—they include the "stairway to nowhere" at the end of the stone viaduct, and of course the wooden trestle.
Note that the wild array of terrain colors is misleading. When wet, the tints are exaggerated; it will all dry to subtle shades of grey. Anyway, nearly all of it will get hidden under some form of dirt, ground cover, vegetation and what have you.
With so much Sculptamold on the layout, it will probably take a week—literally—to fully dry. That's perfectly fine; I have no end of other things to do. In addition to the two aforementioned items, I still have the abutments and center pier to complete for the truss bridge, the station platform, the lumber yard, the wharf, and any number of other things I've forgotten at the moment. If nothing else, it's great having no exposed white Gatorfoam left!