Paul C

OK - here is a bit more! I've been working on this for quite some time, so a few photos stored up, though not hugely well progressed. I am hoping that posting on here might encourage me to get a move on; we shall see... Having decided that the idea might work, I started to mark out the derelict end terrace house on the right hand side. Brick paper is downloaded from Scalescenes, the rendered end wall achieved by brushing dilute wall filler over card, glued to mounting board.

Well, having spent the day at Ally Pally, I thought it was high time that I posted some pictures of one of the slowest-progressing Cakebox Challenge entries - namely mine! When I first found out about the challenge, one idea instantly sprang to mind. I've been fascinated for a while with the pictures of trains - mostly of coal trucks - being towed out between the White Swan public house and the adjacent terrace of houses in Great Yarmouth. I had mulled over the idea of making a shunting layout of the yard behind, but had dismissed it as lacking in operational interest (though that may change - having had a chat with Dave Tailby over his shunting layout "Friday Bridge" today...), however the cakebox challenge seemed like an ideal excuse to make a small diorama, plus it bucks the trend of mostly fictional settings seen so far. First off, I found a photo, roughly scaled it, printed it out and stuck it to cardboard house shapes so I could have a play with the idea and see if it worked dimensionally in the 20x20cm space allowable.

Just one quick question Phil, on p7 of part 3 it says the fence panels are made from "24mm tall strips of 3mm thick plywood" - is this really correct, at a scale 9" thick? It looks much thinner in the photo! Other than that, I have really enjoyed reading these supplements, definitely inspired by the track plan, just wish there were some GER/LNER branchline-suitable RTRs (eg - F5/6) as I'd love to model something from round where I live. I really don't want to model the GWR if I can help it!