The weekend allowed me to get on with Module 2 as it rained all day Sunday and I had nothing else to do except when the Rugby was on TV.

And today I completed the joining of the two modules, forming a lightweight but rigid base:

The structures fit nicely into the spaces cut in the polystyrene and I think the height will be just right once I have added a thin cork track bed. At the moment the layout has a spacious feel about it. No doubt this will start to disappear when track is added, but I am hoping that by making the baseboards 2 feet wide there will be a feeling of space that is often missing from a branch line layout design. The only real compromise has been to collapse the length of the layout.

While the baseboard was perched on my balcony I took a second shot at "ground level". The fast setting sun obliged:

Meanwhile I have started to construct the copper clad bullhead rail track, using the Templot templates. Except I couldn't complete any track until this afternoon when the track gauges finally arrived. The next task is going to be the release crossover switches/points.

Here is my workshop area; it is used to be my desk for work but I am slowly rectifying my priorities.