Helipad

The standard of driving on the Highwood Circuit is such that emergency vehicles are likely to be required regularly.  Thanks to eBay, I found a 1/32 scale helicopter, helipad, ambulance and firetruck.  The helicopter and both vehicles all had buttons to set off sirens and flashing lights, so I thought the helipad should have some illumination too.  An evening spent untangling some Christmas lights, and clustering the multicoloured bulbs together (red for the helipad, orange for the planned tunnel, white for buildings) gave me what I needed.  I wanted the helipad raised because I thought it would look better and because it gave me the space for the wiring.  Here are the three stages of making the helipad surround with red emergency lighting...

The next stages were building up the terrain with foam ceiling tiles, smoothing the terrain by plastering pieces of kitchen roll, and then painting and covering it with modelling grass.

Finally, the finished piece back on the track with the helicopter and vehicles (with a small piece in the background I'd practiced on first)...