Good evening all,

I haven't updated my blog on this layout for a while due to my busy work commitments but I have made a little bit of progress in that time. I have dismantled the layout into the three boards and have decided to work solely on the eastern end (London end) of the layout.

I have painted the rails and intend to do my usual watered down sleeper grime wash over the top to take the sheen off of the sleepers. I will then ballast and dry brush over the rails.

The platform edges have been stuck down in place and I have started painting them. Lots of weathering is needed once the ballasting is done.

I have started to build one of the signals which is made from a piece of plastic rod with added details from a ratio kit and etched brass ladder. This is still work in progress as i have only painted it so far. I'll write a seperate blog on this another time. Incidently, I have decided not to have operational signals but to include as much detail as possible so they look great and as close to the prototype as possible as motorising these in N will be tricky. Actually, just looking at the pictures, I will need to shorten the signal post as it is a little too high!

I have also built the foundations of the road overbridge and I am particularly proud of it. It was first drawn onto a piece of card and after several attempts, I managed to get the arch right. It was then cut from 3mm ply using the card template. Full credit to my dad for his neat electric jigsaw cutting work!

A little bit of progress but not as much as I would have liked but hopefully I can get a bit more done over the coming weeks.

Any way, here are a few pictures taken this evening. Any advice and comments are always greatly appreciated.

That's all for now.

Best regards,

Jeremy