I've been making some progress this weekend, currently taking a small break.
So the photos posted above are from Friday night. This is pretty much where I left off before my wife and I we're on our way to parenthood. I had boxes full of car stuff and other misc junk sitting on top of the layout, which did squish a few areas, but overall didn't do as much damage as I thought it was going too. Only 5 minutes to fix up what I could see was damaged.
So I spent what little time I had yesterday and a few hours today on some land scaping.
I put down a spray coat of "Model Master Light Earth" over the mountain area/river area to the North on the original track plan. I then went over certain sections in Baher brown (can't remember the exact paint code, but its interior wall paint) over the area right in front of the south west terminal area between the two streams. I also applied some paint over on the embankment on the southernmost track on the northern section. I then sprinkled on some fine green ground stuff from woodland scenics and then sprayed down the areas with a spray bottle filled with a diluted glue mix.
I decided yesterday I'm gonna try using a grass mat for the main flat land sections instead of painting and laying more of that shaker can ground stuff. So I applied a small patch of it by the river that runs by the terminal. I'll probably be finishing that area off a little later on tonight.
I also started doing some touch up painting to my rock faces along the northern river, and also painted the waterfall area. Surpassingly, Volkswagen OEM spray can of "Deep Blue Metallic" works if "misted" onto the rocks to put the blues into the rock face. I then went over with a slate gray, granite, gray, and burnt umber with my airbrush. Then took a diluted mix of the slate grey with a sponge brush and just dry brushed the highlights. So far I'm pleased with the results.
It feels good to see some color other than white and pink on this layout.