Looking good Dave. Get Martin to do the midden  - he's good at rubbish.

I don't want to upset him!

Another colourful addition.

Cobbling the yard. DAS clay marked with a round tool, a bit tedious but I think it will look the part when painted and weathered.
There was apparently a muck heap (midden) in the middle of the yard, I may/may not model this.

Adding some static grass to the road side.

General views and the outside.

Now working on the gatehouse and piggery and the buttery on the other side.

I wish my cutting mat looked as clean and nice as yours!

The figures were removed from the sprues.
A hot needle was used to remove the seam lines and any flash. (the needle/pin was attached to a soldering iron, this negates the use of a candle to keep heating up the pin).
A black acrylic undercoat was then applied by brush.
Acrylic undercoats seem to be more flexible than enamels and allow the plastic to move without the paint flaking - well that's the theory.
A white acrylic (Tamiya) was airbrushed from above in an attempt to create shadows.
These should make it look like darker areas when the paint is applied.