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Hey Graham, I'm really impressed! The layout's crammed with variety, yet so well composed. This gives me a lot more confidence on my future plans for a busy layout - coming from a newly qualified 'Less is More' follower. I imagine an hour watching the trains go by here can certaily be action-packed! Very much like indeed! Regards Lee

That is very, very good. Pendon comes to mind - or a victory on Tourmalet :-)

Hi everyone.. yes, the tablecloth is a little intense. I'm writing on a laptop, which is sat on top of it now, and I am finding it hard to focus on the screen, such is the mesmeric pattern around its edges. Before anyone supposes that it is our normal table decor... Mrs. J (Katie) provided it for my sporadic bouts of kitchen table modelling, to avoid my scratching the delicate veneer of the table proper beneath! It does get put away if we are in polite company........ I will try my best to keep the background 'vague' as it seems to work well in the context. I was reading with interest Pete's recent layout planning thread, with thoughts about viewing angles, perspective and the like. It becomes a minefield of conflicting approaches when the scene is much taller than it is deep (depth, in terms of horizontal width... I'm confusing myself now!) and the whole thing is a compromise to suit as many different viewpoints as possible. The tricky thing is I am used to viewing the bridge from a number of different angles... a) From a train (the one angle where the bridge is more or less invisible) b)From a low flying aircraft (the bridge sits 'on' a rich, dark background of trees and water) c)On a bicycle, from immediately by the abutment (the view of the bridge is framed by sky) This deserves a blog post of its own, when I have fathomed out my theory in my own mind* *Which could take some time However it is explained, I will keep the backdrop 'vague' as it needs to not overpower the model, and a vague background is more easily 'blended' with the three dimensional scenic elements.