Well it seems to have been an age but progress on Paxton Road has been made, despite the distractions of a new project!

The warehouse that was constructed right back in the dawn of the project before even the boards were built has been brought inside for 'finishing off'. The layered plasticard construction has caused a little warping in places that I've tried to put back with some thick bracing and superglue. The roof is going to need totally replacing.

I've started to detail it a little now so I could get a sense of it was worth rescuing.

The warehouse is supposed to represent a rail served MOD depot just north of Winchester at Worthy Down and is completely ficticious. Obviously the compound will be secured by security fencing and regularly patrolled by guard dogs, but in addition and in this day an age the norm, the MOD have added CCTV - two camera can be seen on the north end of the warehouse.

These are scratchbuilt from various plastic offcuts and some etched stainless steel fret left overs.

I think these look less clumsy then those available cast in white metal and I'm very pleased with them.

In the top photo you can also see some external pipework and the CCTV control box added. I have to decide next where I'll locate exterior lights and if these will be working or not - and then I'll be onto gutters before re-roofing. I'm pleased with it so far though!

Also worth mentioning is the Ratio gantry crane I've started putting together. I envisage this will be located on some hardstanding outside the warehouse to enable offloading of large items of equipment that can't be fork-lifted or driven out of the vans and opens that visit the facility. It's a very nice kit and I've been very impressed with the quality so far.

That's all for now. Slow but steady progress - these two structures really need finishing so they can be built into the scenery as it progresses from front to back on the second half of the layout