So my last post I said I was going to put in the big factory. Unfortunately I tested it and it won't fit in so I scrapped that idea. 

Baseboard building is temporally paused this month due to other house projects in progress. Hope to restart that in the next couple of weeks so I can push on with working on the lower deck trackplan.

Lots of Code 75 track arrived from Rails. Tested this and its going to be great!

The new plan for board 2 is to install a triangular module which I have on an older baseboard and put this at the back top corner. Its got the Ratio pump house on it, so all it needs is a bit of touching up, repair to the chimney (might need to make it shorter due to loft roof) that got damaged in transit during move and a bit of lighting. Plus a wall / bushes will need adding to disguise the front of the module which consists of 9mm plywood. I am making this removable so I can service it. Also on the top deck will be my Ratio ground level signal box again from an older baseboard, so the two buildings should compliment each other. I also plan to put in two signals for sections. Unfortunately I haven't got the room height to put in a distant signal on the outer line but might be able to fit one in on the inner line. The section signals will go on the curve where I have more height room

Below the top deck the new plan is to install another module but in this case to make it a grassy embankment / side slope. Again I am making it a removable module in case I need to access the wiring behind (which powers the top deck. This will consist of 3mm ply for the base, upright formers and then my tried and tested method of chicken wire and probably plaster cast. Underneath / inside it I will be installing a CANVOUT Cbus module for powering all the lights and relays in this part of board. I might link one of the inputs on the CANVOUT to a detector so it would automatically put the signal to danger if there is something in the next section. However I am going to have place the signal about 20cms past the track isolator due to the height of the loft so I might get quite a few SPADs if I forget to stop the train!

At the front of this module there is the disused railway bridges but I am going to change that into a farm track since the gradients don't tie up at the bridge end. On the other side of that I am going to put in a small set of oil tanks since this will be a stones throw from the diesel TMD. Its not quite where I would put them in an ideal world but I think such things should be close but not too close to the shed facility but sort of round the back. I need to do quite a lot of work to the tanks as when I got them they didn't have the walkway over the top but I have lots of spares so will cobble something together. This will have a siding extension from board 1 which goes under one of the bridges

I made a relay work off the CANACC8 on the main board, which I quite pleased about as the plan is to use several of these for controlling the sections on the analog circuit. Now that will cut down on the wiring!

Waiting for some more colours of wire to turn up in the post.

Sorry similar photo to last time - the only visible addition is the outer track using a 30 inch tracksetta. I have now extended it to the edge of this board and then stopped. Soldering power dropdowns to the track connectors (fishplates) was a good idea. Imagine a peak belting around this top deck...