Wow, last update was a long time ago LOL

Summat will be dusted off again for the 10th Anniversary Mansfield Show in March next year and I'm thinking about giving it a bit of a refresh. I've always had a plan to add another turnout with a stub siding up to the loco coal staithe to hold the colliery loco coal wagon

The siding is even in the track plan on the flyers that I give out to folks

Seeing as I have all the bits and there is a spare output on the MERG accessory decoder it seems churlish not to at least get this done.

But where to stop? static grass? new backscene? re-engineer the ends to make them permanently fitted like Fourgig East (means new end protectors fabricating)?

Thing is, if I do "bring it up to standard" will this take away it's charm, should I "preserve" it as my first layout and leave it basically as it is ..........