I was going to post some pictures, but for some reason I failed to upload them. I'll get Mrs Bomp to try for me later, but in the meantime I'm off downstairs to see how far I can get tonight.

What I've done so far is to clear the board and start playing with the track and buildings I can find to see what I can put where. It's all much easier to think through now I've got DCC and I don't have to worry about sections or whatever. I never had them previously, and only ever used siding and things that I could feed from the main line or isolate using points.

I've got some nice tight clearances and sharp corners in what I've planned so far, but I've run out of small radius turnouts. I can only find my longest ones now. I can either see if my father in law has some spare for now, or take up the ones in the other section, but I'd rather not do that now, because I'd like to keep that bit a bit longer. Or I may just take it all up as a nice practice and use it again now. I can see some chances to try different scenic bits and bobs. Some will be filled in using the hobby foam technique from Keyhaven Key (I think), some with "normal" ballast, and some with cinder ballast after the fashion of Catcott Burtle (edited to get the name right. It was bugging me for ages! Imagine, being so inspired by a layout that you can't get its name right!)

I'm going to bed early tonight so I can get up early to carry on. This time I am determined to do the scenic bit as well as playing. Fortunately I have another layout now, so I can do some scenery and then play on the other one! Bargain.

Once I have a final notion, I'll do a plan and put that up on here. More pictures when I can do it. Maybe on Mrs Bomp's computer?