Hi All,

With RMWeb Live on the horizon I have, after the dust settled from moving house, got Victoria Bridge back home for some pre show improvements and adjustment. Big thanks to Wyre Forest MRC for keeping the 'shelf' and associated bits out of harms way over the last few weeks!

I like the arrangment in the Ricoh floorplan, with Victoria Bridge in between the likes of Cliffhanger and Kinlet Wharf in the Scenery Zone. Presumably sanwiched between these rather more epic layout presentations I will be there to show what can be done with similar ambitions but rather less space!

Victoria Bridge has seen some photographers gather in advance of September at the Ricoh... probably fair to say that the variety of trains count as a gala...

these are not a great feat of modelmaking, rather a box of Noch figures picked up on holiday the other week at Pecorama. Luckily the newest member of our family has indulged his parents by pointing, grinning and genuinely appreciating the things he was introduced to (whether trains, aeroplanes, art galleries...)

Good lad!

Back the the micro-layout; you'll recall the 'box' is illuminated with blueish LEDs along the 'roof' sourced from a caravan supplier. These bathe the sky at the back with a blueish, bright light, but it can look a bit cold in isolation..

The plan, according to this evening's experiments, is to add a directional more yellow source of 'sunlight' to warm up the scene, and pick up the details of the bridge.

Other recent developments have included modified additions to the teak set, with open thirds appearing, plugging a gap in the Dapol range with some Ultima etches. Tomorrow I hope to add some 'traffic' in the sky too.....

Looking forward to meeting as many RMWebbers as possible at the Ricoh, do come and say hello, don't worry, so long as all the electricity ends up in the right place the layout doesn't need much operating... it is more of a talking point!