Hi

Since the last posting I’ve been working on both scenery and other areas connected with making the layout easier to store and move around.

I've added a handle on the fold side of the layout, when folded up for storage to make it easier to lift and carry it. It's surprising difficult to grab hold of a circular layout.

I have also added rubber feet onto the fiddleyard area, to allow the layout to be placed on a table top without damaging either the layout or the table top.

I've started to work on improving the bridge and its approach embankments. Initially the sides of which were much too steep. I also added a small extension of the fascia, in the area of the embankment.

Finally I have made the supports to make the cover unit also function to provide a proscenium arch, to frame the viewer’s view of the layout. It will also support the layout lighting eventually and the backscene extension.

Adding the above, took much longer than expected, then things usually do, because of unexpected problems. But for me I very much like the problem solving part of the hobby. Simply putting kits together, does not have the same attraction.

Once I have finished the presentation works, I will be able to move the layout upstairs from the workshop area, and get struck into the scenics.

Julie