All has been quiet in the blog front for quite a while; however activity is carrying on.

On Weyford the last few weeks have been taken up with running sessions; we want to confirm the types of running sequences that will be carried out before the daunting task of rewiring the station, station approach and yards start. The layout will be dismantled next week and the first of the boards taken away for close attention courtesy of John; plus any others who are good with a soldiering iron!

The aim is for a fully rewired layout by the end of July, by which time a serious attack will take place on the scenery.

Down a scale, Yamanouchi Oshika will be pulled out of storage within the next couple of weeks for some major surgery to the scenery; including another industrial estate, some further shops etc. and a new road bridge. Watch this space for developments!

There has also been some discussion within the club about building some smaller layouts. Exhibiting our two main layouts is quite a task, and our 0 gauge layout - currently in storage - is about 40' long, so moving it around is an even bigger task. A number of ideas are being discussed, and hopefully some new and interesting 'little' layouts may come about.

Finally; I took the opportunity to set out my Series 500 Shinkansen; on the dock section of Weyford. This has finally had the intermediate sets added - 16 cars and about 8' of impressiveness. I cannot actually set it out at home...I don't have anywhere long enough!