Hi

Since the last posting, I have given the underside of the layout a first coat of paint, See photograph below. PS I have missed a few small patches.

I have taken earlier comments to heart, and I have reduced the height of the fixed backscene. This will be increased by using net curtain, which will be dyed sky blue.

I have also reduced the height of the frame, as I have decided that it was originally over engineered. Both of the above will make the layout lighter to carry, and easier to stow when travelling on trains. I don't have a car, or access to one.

I have also listened to what MikeOxon said about putting the controller on a shelf, being a bad idea. I have take Lisa's idea and I am building a pocket which will clip on the fiddleyard facia. I need to be able to operate the controller single handed, and since the layout is so small there is no other space for the controller.

Next I will start on the scenery, honest gov!

Julie