Too long. Almost 7 months since I made an entry on here. There was a time when I'd post all over the forum - daily.

Not that I haven't been doing anything. Far from it. I've been working on projects that fire my imagination without making any concrete progress on a proper layout.

To that end I'm currently working with Z scale . For what started out as a bit of fun to go with the T scale layout, I'm actually finding the scale quite rewarding. Which quite surprised me to be honest.

This layout started out as nothing more than a fun display to go alongside the T scale to illustrate the difference in size between the two scales. But having watched the layout at a recent show I found that I was getting more from it than that.

I think Z is stepping in to fill a modelling need I have. I like my HO scale shunty plank but it doesn't allow me to run long trains like I see on the main lines around here which as time goes on I find myself wanting to do. So I'm carrying on working with Z right now trying to find out if this is right for me.

Flitting around all these scales may seem like a pointless exercise (and waste of money too perhaps) but when it comes right down to it model making is model making be it 1:450, 1:220 1:87 or whatever takes your fancy. So skills are skills. Skills that I had working in 4mm scale have been sharpened working in 1:450 and are starting to come together in 1:220.

I don't doubt that at some point I'll want to slide back into 4mm scale British outline at some point like in the sketches I posted almost 7 months ago, but not right now.