Hi All,

I have made good progress today opening the box. As I had feared, the model had not travelled without some minor damage, but overall it looks like it should run again soon

The Box - as delivered

The first peep inside shows how the two halves were mounted one above the other. The upside down headspan is seen in proximity to the signal box roof.

This is the underside of one of the boards with the protective sheet of ply removed. It doesn't look pretty, but that is one of the pitfalls of working on the wiring from below. In future I intend to follow my practice on Gallows Close and work on each board upside down to get the wiring really neat.

Here with the top half of the layout separated from the bottom. The urge to get a loco on it was strong at this time.

Some of the worst damage was to the portal and headspan structures. I will take this as an opportunity to try scale span wires on these masts as suggested by Jim S-W.

And finally - all together. I will get it electrically tested next. The OLE will need to be sorted out, as before the move it was un-tensioned and simply cut. Then I'll be back on the scenics.

Thanks for looking in,

Chris