Having had more deliberations, and particularly having seen the 'circular' Woodhead layout I think its time for more thought on the final layout. I'm now thinking circular is the way to go, which is what the man who forwarded the article said! (cheers Stewart! )and looking to see how either Helmsdale or Forsinaird stations on the Far North line would fit into that, they are both stations which in real life are quite curved in nature and so would look none the worse for being in circular format

You will remember I have already built a 4 by 1 ft board, I'm going to put this to use in the short term with a couple of points on and try out the scenic techniques, theres alot of things that I'm slowly realising are going to be quite different to 4mm, not just the track and rolling stock, but texture and colour of landscape etc will need to be scaled down too.

The thing itself will probably end up having a resemblence to the Deadwater Burn layout, in that it was a similar sort of project to try things out, though it will be self contained terminus rather than through with seperate fiddle yards.

-the board has been modified to give a more open-fronted look, going to be putting a few kestrel building kits together to try get the hang of the smaller scale. These will have to be modified though as there are a few things I dont like about them. - more on that later.

Getting the track ordered now, going for the bullhead rail, easitrack plain track and PCB/soldered points. The Templot only shows the area in and around the vicinity of the points, the other track can be made to fit around.