...well perhaps more of an excuse to show some photos from my N gauge layout, Roding Reach.

Rain over recent weeks hasn't exactly motivated me to go outside and work on the 2 end baseboards. So, been working on a couple of Kestrel Design kits in odd moments. Hence scenery continues before the woodwork, trackwork, electics are anywhere near complete.

New job and a commute have also curtailed play time. Rats.

Overcast rather than persisting down today, so cut out some hardboad for the backscene.

Little by little getting there.

Anyway, here are some photos...

The overall length of this baseboard is about 4 feet, this photo shows the overall idea. Station at the left, junction mid-way along the board, branch line to the fore, main line to the rear.

A while back I mentioned how I'd cooked up a simple "point motor" using a plastic rod, a track pin and a couple of sticky feet. Now that the viaduct and the backscene are in position here's a plan view of how it goes together.

I've been having great fun with the really simple and effective Kestrel Designs kits. Many years ago my Nanna lived in a block of flats on the Romford Road not too dissimilar to the one on the left, so wanted to include something in a similar vein. And yes, the No 25 bus seemed to fit the bill.

I'll be using a Scalescenes download to provide roads, so hopefully this will be one of the last shots with MDF terrain!

I've been experimenting with view blockers at each end of the layout and, as I had some Metcalf buildings to hand, I'm trying these out for now. At the other end of the layout I may be using a combination of buildings and billboards.

And finally, for now, I wanted to introduce some location and time specific graffiti, hence the "G Davies", the "CND" and "West Ham" references. OK, I'll admit 47035 may need to be renumbered to complete the picture! But hey, Roding Reach won't be built in a day!