Well its been a while since I have posted an update on here, but over the last few weeks things have sort of got away from me a little. A bout of poor health and a poorly laptop have seriously stopped me from doing any real modelling on the layout, well at least the type of modelling you can actually see some form of progress.

What I have managed to do with very helpful assistance from the Domestic Overlord is to fit to half of the layout some new alignment dowels, which should take away huge amount of stress at exhibitions. When complete this means I will relay part of the storage yards to finally cure the alignment issues, but this is physically a little beyond me at them moment.

One of the things that Foster Street's exhibition debut last year, and through various sessions of playing trains, is the amount of time taken to un-box and re-box stock and the amount of damage this does to the boxes, sometimes the stock but more importantly to my delicate mental balance, (Farish boxes ARRGGHHHH )

Anyway on one of those fantastic trips the Domestic Overlord treats me to, where I get to drive to a superstore and get to push a trolley, and fill it with things I don't like, which apparently are good for me, and then because I am such a good boy I get to pay for it too at the tills, I was rewarded for being extra special. Yes because I was such a good boy, I was allowed to stand outside a well know stationers and told not to scare the passers by and to keep out of trouble. It was then that I noticed the "really useful 4 litre storage boxes".

A quick nip into the store, set my brain working, and I was convinced that they could be good for storing my stock in not only for Exhibitions but also at home, so before I was busted by the Domestic Overlord, I quickly nipped back to my post outside the store, and waited.

Well today, I put my scheme into action, and after getting a load of plywood cut, I have managed to construct two trays (I have enough for a total of 4) each of which will hold 16 coaches, or the same number of Locomotives?? All I need to do now is decide if I should line these with some thin foam I have in stock, or some baize material to help protect the contents?

Its nowhere near finished yet but so far at well under £10 a box its very appealing to my more frugal side, add that to the £2 I got standing outside the shop, by two passers by who gave me a £1 each and said I could keep the magazine............the world is full of strange people.

Until the next time as ever Happy Modelling