A late decision to exhibit at the REC's 'Woking Show' a couple of weeks ago, was accepted as something of a challenge as our exhibition manager (bless him) couldn't accomodate the full length. We had to lose a mere 15 feet - including the current goods shed! I was landed with the task of making a small 'add-on board' - mainly so that locos could still run round their trains. Additionally it would be useful on running nights in the clubroom were it is not possible to erect the full layout anyway as it blocked the fire exits!

The unusual shape of the new board allows the more 'corpulent' group members (including me!) to pass around the end of the layout! the boards are made of 9mm ply, located with the usual arrangement of pattern-makers dowels and M6 bolts. More importantly I realised early-on that we could still have a goods facility on the foreshortened board.

So on with the goods shed itself. The building is based on the goods shed (more correctly a 'goods lock-up) based on the one at 'Burghclere' on the late-lamented DN&SR.

As I'm now the possessor of an 'Emblazer' laser cutter, I thought it would be nice to laser cut the roof-trusses. They wouldn't be seen, but it was a neat exercise (and a bit of 'BS'!).

Whilst I was at it I (more usefully) also laser-cut strips of 150GSM card to represent 'Duchess' (2'x1') slates.

The finished building actually sits quite well on the layout and provides for much-needed traffic movement on what has become (in this form) a 'terminus to fiddlyard' layout, with the subsequent loss of about half the usual train-moves!

Lastly a shot of the overall scene, showing how it relates to the main layout.