The reformed layout is rising from the ashes in its new digs. For now it is still called Barcoombe but all will eventually be renewed.

The size is 11' x 10' which is not ideal! But it has been possible to squeeze much of the functionality of the previous layout into it - plus a circle of track so that the Locos can get some decent 'running in time'. This new version has allowed the construction of a small OO/H0 layout - plus a small OO9/H0e/N scale/'spur' layout. The OO/OO9 will be based on the SR and interconnect with the Lynton & Barnstaple Rwy and on the other hand will run as a representation of the OBB interconnecting with the Zillertalbahn. The challenge will be in integrating it all together - it should be fun!

Going around clockwise here is an impression of what this 'train-wreck' or mash-up looks like - The track for the OO9/H0e part of the layout has not yet arrived so its 'make do' with all sorts of odds and ends for now.

As the weeks fly by reports of any progress should appear..

This new house is a welcome change from the last residence as the workshop is right next door in the basement.

This means the messy parts of modelling can be done there - no more paint spilling all over the layout!

For the moment ideas as to how to do all this well are bening mulled over..

One idea I thought might work is to use lots of trees to mask some of the difference in the gauges.

Is not a large tree in OO although a small tree in O still a tree?