I've been out today and bought some foam board, with a view to making a 7th scale model of the proposed layout. No pictures yet, but it's coming along nicely. I'd previously photo copied the templates in Barry Normans book and after cutting them out spent the afternoon shuffling them around. It's somehow very satisfying messing with these templates and has given me a much better idea of the radii and clearances involved. The paper representations of stock are great for working out how long loops and head shunts need to be. i quite like the fact that it's a really simple approach, that doesn't tax your brain in the way that CAD packages do. (well they tax my head anyway!)

It looks like it's all going to fit in to my available space O.K. and should give a scenic section about 12 feet long with a 4 foot 6 inch fiddle yard. Still early days yet, but it has a nice "flow" about it, well in my opinion it does.

I want to spend some time making some card mock ups of the buildings and doing some rough scenic work to give me a better idea of how the finished project will look. Shame it's work tomorrow, but I'll try and post a few pics in the next day or so!

Dave