I thought I better update anyone following my blog on what's been happening since it gained it's legs.

track is currently laid out along the layout, the bridge plonked in place and working on track bed and aligning things.

at the moment I'm toying with the option of point motors or wire in tube (the original plan) however I don't have much distance from the rear of the layout to the first set of points to be able to get the wires below board to the toggle switches to control the points, as such point motors become attractive but expensive.

I've also been trying to work out a way of turning the turntable, I was going to hand crank it but have moved away from this idea towards motorisation and to that end had taken apart an old, not really working very well Lima loco for it's motor, however this turned out to be a fruitless task as there was no way it could be mated up to the mecano gearing the Peco turntable recommended - as such a fritzinghall type motor and gear box has been acquired on e-bay, just got to smuggle it home from work (delivery address) past the wife otherwise it'll end up as a christmas present in order to excuse the expenditure.

hope to get the turntable deck fitted as a result which will allow me to align the track and get the main line at least running

not 100% what to do about point control, but i'm sure i'll figure something.