Well, yes and no. It's great to see it again, but there is a real risk of seeing things you have done a bit wrong in the planning. Some you can do something about, others you can't.

Anyway, we've just been up to Sussex for another reccy and check on a few details, especially concerning the piers. But first, here's a picture of the whole thing - there are pics like this on the internet, but this is the first time we've been up the public footpath far enough to get to this vantage point.

Down below, this is the last pier (nearest) where the plinth is still visible just above ground level. We call this Pier 31 (out of 36), numbered from the Brighton end.

On Pier 31, the inverted arched brick courses at the base of the aperture just touch the top of the plinth

On Pier 30, the arched courses are beginning to extend into the plinth, but the 'up' and 'down' sides are different! This is the 'up' side

and this the 'down'

By Pier 29, the arched courses are nearly all in the plinth

And by Pier 28 they all are. This is one of the tallest piers down near the river (Pier 18). The river is between Piers 16 and 17.

The inset around the plinths means that the etched arches in these piers will need to be cut-and-shut to accommodate. Something we missed before, but which can be modified because they haven't been fixed yet.

Something definitely wrong in the plans and cut MDF is the distance the refuge 'outsteps' protrude. I had estimated 2ft (8mm) but it's probably more like 1ft 6 or even a bit less. Not going to change this now though.

I'm not 100% that we've got the degree of taper right on the piers - may have got it too slight - but it's not far out and again we're not going to change things at this stage

I think we've got the decorative brick section at the top of the piers about right though (Mark Leigh / Ark Royal has done some trial mouldings of these, and we are going to go that route rather than the plastic strip construction, mainly to save time.

Being able to get a bit higher meant we could see a bit more detail on the pavilion roofs, and these are going to have to change on the model. Fortunately I had only done one so far!