In the grey light of an early morning
Well every thing on the layout looks sort of grey, what did you expect a Technicolor dream coat effect?
This should really have been titled some general shots of the Avonwick extension project but that just sounded dull, almost grey.
Starting with the fiddle yard. This is now all laid and wired, one of the points could do with some tweaking though. At some point I might add a single spur off the main line facing away from the centre of the fiddle yard. This would allow for a cassette method of stock addition and removal. This is sometime off though as currently the amount of working 2mm stock that I have does not quite utilise the existing space. In the end I decided not to go for loops but for dead end sidings. Having tested this it seems to work acceptably. By running the arriving train past the points I can then send the next train out onto the layout without delay. I can then shunt the train back into it's siding. Each siding holds a large loco and 4 coaches (5 57ft coaches might fit in at a push or with a small loco).
Next we move onto the rear section of the layout, the section with the bridge on it. I'm quite pleased with the flow that that line has down this section. It is deliberately very narrow, it's only 165mm wide. Ultimately this extension is a scenic shelf to complete a circuit.
From the end of the straight we hit the return curve with the overly high bridge and tunnel on it. The transition between this and Avonwick proper is nasty, but I will be using an information board to help hide this on any outings.
The land over the tunnel will show part of an arable field (closest to the mouth) and part of a pasture. The gap between the tunnel and bridge will probably end up as a wooded cutting.
The Sculptamold is mostly dry with just the odd couple of sections still showing up as being damp (6 days after adding!). I'm please that I have pre coloured it, chips are not going to be an issue. Parts need some sanding / chopping at to give an acceptable surface but overall I don't think that it has formed a bad surface.
And finally Farmer Giles is please with the progress. He has however been a little distracted by the following advert
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