Hi Everyone,

It's took me alot shorter time than I have expected to get back up to date with my Layout but this layout update are what the plans are and what the Layout looks like at this moment in time (August 2011)

August was due to be a very busy month with the scenery on my Layout with alot of Metcalfe kits to be bought!

Early August 2011:

Not much has changed to do with the layout from Late July but their have been a few changes. I have cut out templates of all the Metcalfe Buildings to make sure they will all fit and I can see how much everything is going to cost.

Nothing went on except from running trains on My Layout in mid August.

Late August 2011:

Alot has gone on in The back end of August with my Birthday and things. The Back end of August brought two new locomotives into my collection The Black 5 in the Pete Waterman collection and the Hornby A4 'Empire of India' both are excellent models. I also went to a model shop to spend my Birthday Money and also some other money. I bought 11 Metcalfe kits, the Hornby A4 'Empire of India', and decoder and some DCC Point Clips. My Station is almost completed and most of the track has been bought! However, we have had a problem with the points, I bought Right hand points instead of Left hand points! and I also bought too many Metcalfe Parcel Offices and Waiting rooms Kits as I thought only one building was included in Each pack However two Buildings are included in Each Pack.

August 2011 also brought up plans for a possible board extension, Tram lines and a canal across the top of the tunnel! The Board Extension would probably measure 2ft 8inches by 2ft 6 inches. It will be accessibly via the postal branch line coming from a point in the second, smaller siding with a diamond crossing across the larger siding and across onto the possible extension, the extension will most likely be for locomotive storage area, the new possible locomotive yard will be fully scenic!

The Plans for the Trams came into my head while watching a video of some 00 Scale Trams running on some ones layout and I thought they looked quite good! So I came up with a Idea that I could have a tram running down the side of my Layout and onto the High street terminating at my station.

The Plan for the Canal was just a random idea and it will run on top of my tunnel, it will have a overflow on it which will turn into the stream running through the Forrest and small village and into a tunnel where it will dissapear underneath my Goods yard.

So that's it for a rather large August Update and the Next Update will be sometime towards the Back end of September.

Jacob