As mentioned in previous entry I had found I needed to shorten the length of the layout, if you remember it is to be stored end-on in a cupboard space, which I had found to be slightly smaller than the board as built, whoops!

I'd thought a whole 'new start' might be neccessary, but thinking a bit more has led to deciding the following should be ok.

-sawn off board, the board will be cut along the length of the black line, slightly shortening the scenic section, but nicely matching a bracing section underneath. This will keep all the scenic preperations so far intact also, which is good.

Some replanning has been necessary, due to this and other reasons,

the plan is still quite rough & ready and still subject to change, as I like to plan scenery by eye as things progress and you get a better 3d idea.

Main things still to be decided are whether to have the front-most siding or not, and the platform length also whether to have the gasometer or not that was present in real life. I certainly dont think I fancy building one but apparently a scenecraft/lyddle end one is available.

The road bridge is non-prototypical, though there was provision for it in the plan that inspired this one. I've modelled the sea-wall so that it appears the railway is headed inland.

Still waiting for track order, its been 2 wks since sent so I am hoping it wont be too much longer, be nice to get things moved on a bit.