Standing On My Own Six Legs Under a Junk-Mail Roof

Well, the first (and largest) baseboard is framed, varnished and standing on it's own six legs (which plastic spacers to stop the wooden legs absorbing damp from the concrete floor. I'm so sick of varnishing but common-sense is telling me not to skip it.

Am considering putting a bottle of champagne on ice for when the first train runs an un-broken loop ...

Anyway, Devil makes work, and all that, so I'm currently trying (a Chris Nevard provoked idea) to make a 'realistic' tiled roof from junk-mail - here's where I've got to. This is not a hobby for people in a hurry.