Over the Easter Holiday I’ve turned my attention what would be the east end of the layout. Here the lines leaving Bosmelin Junction pass over the river on two bridges before disappearing along the valley as they diverge to their different destinations.

Due to the nature of an oval layout the river, embankments, bridges and the exit portals for the lines are a little compressed which is made wore by the whole are being on a curve. Frankly it’s a bit busy.

The approaches to the river bridges require embankments and I have cut the track-beds to the curve and to the dimensions of the embankment tops. Even with stiffeners added the ply tops are flexing a bit and not perfectly flat having some slight dips. I’m disappointed that the stiffeners haven’t resolved this.

So it is ‘Plan B’ tomorrow.

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