Today's offering.
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I will say I am not happy with the red brick. The colours are about right for the area but the brickwork should definitely look a lot more weathered. I shall no doubt keep coming back and fiddling with CASt for some time. I know I could probably find lots of good cc but if I am not including store content in this world then I can't really use cc either.
Otherwise it has been a day of research and reconsideration. I am thinking particularly of the canal. Pictures of the canal I am basing it on show long stretches where there are steep wooden canal banks. It would certainly add more interest to the build.