Well Doctors orders mean no more solvents, paints and generally other nasty chemicals can be used at the moment so I am having to take a step back from doing buildings and the like for the layout. Still I have made excellent progress and with my return to work next week I am starting to feel proud of this Springs modelling season.

It occurred to me that I had not taken a picture of the layout in its entirety. I also had a good tidy over the past few days and the room it is in now looks presentable.

The square is pretty much complete in terms of the major buildings. I just need to get a few bits and pieces like the Faller Market scene and the Faller park accessories which will be used to make this square seem like a bustling village festival scene. I have a few sets of Noch figures that will also inhabbit this space (although I am finding it difficult to find a home for the sexy scenes one I got given!!!).

The Brasserie came together quite nicely. Except I am far from happy with the colour. I am thinking of trying to find a creamy white/yellow similar to the station building. I also built the small lean too building out of a spare Faller roof and some Plasticard and a SAI large door. This picture does not show it off at its best angle though!

The fiddle yard extension has been landscaped to make it blend a little better with the rest of the layout. Its not finished but this gives an impression of where it is going.

And thats the progress from this week. Over the coming weeks I am tempted to extend the original "behind the scenes" fiddle yard to accommodate more trains and longer trains. This would be done by enhancing the existing extension to make it wider and changing some of the smaller fiddle yard roads into feeders onto a longer fiddle yard.

Once I get paid and have some time the lighting will be going in. These two schemes don't involve too much in the way of nasty chemicals so they can keep going. Unfortunately the continued painting and weathering of the buildings is to be put on hold, as it the purchase of the above mentioned Faller kits since they all need the use of solvents. Still there is plenty to keep me going for the rest of the Summer and into Winter (as well as my Wedding Planning!!!).

Thanks for reading.

Stephen