Yesterday I visited ExpoNG and came away with quite a lot of inspiration and enthusiasm. I bought a motor to go into my P4 Barclay fireless.

I particularly liked some of the 'single baseboard' layouts like 'The Loop' and drew up a plan to give an opportunity to run some of my 7mm stock which doesn't get a trip out anymore since I sold 'The Works'. This is based on a fictitious exchange between the Wissington Railway and a narrow gauge agricultural line. I'm imagining a river along the back with a bank along the backscene, on the left is a small pump house draining the surrounding fields, on the right a corrugated iron transhipment sheet. A few willow trees on the left to hide the 'duck shoot'. Total size is 80cm x 50cm

The weird contraption on the right is a turn plate which allows the various routes to be switched easily. On the bank I could have a Dragline (what else) doing banking work and some portable track up zig-zagging up the bank with some skips of clay.

Small pump house

transhipment shed

So, what do you think? should I walk away now!

David