I promised: "more next week" but the general day-to-day life of old wrinklies took over and work on the layout lost all importance.

However some progress on the proscenium box has taken place, the track is wired and hand-operated point control is complete. The bridges and retaining walls are fixed but road surfaces are still needed; as of course is very much more.

Here's a few recent pics:-

Two shots; left and right views; of the proscenium box. The box, which will be finished in teak varnish, is totally removable from the baseboard; indeed the various parts, like proscenium arch, top sheet, rear sheet, are themselves all individually removable being screw-fixed with no glue, to the end sheets which bolt to the baseboard. Obviously, lighting is a necessity and this will be self-adhesive LED strip lamps fixed to the proscenium arch; next job!

These two shots show the view toward each of the bridges which should lead to hidden sidings. Current thinking is that the layout can be worked as the Inglenook puzzle without need of hidden sidings so we are waiting until
nearer completion, and after a few hours of playing the puzzle, before making that feature.

More as and when we progress
Dave