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The wife was making a cake tonight and knowing how indeible they are it gave me an idea for the leftover mix Never made cliffs with this method before so will post another picture when its dried and ive fettled a bit... Basically some roughed up computer packaging foam then coated with filler mixed to a double cream sort of consistency!! If it doesnt work it will be removed and back to Mod Rock I shall go

Just a little update for you all, Spent some time making up wiring loom ends for all my seep motors (havent been this bored in ages, but a necessary pain in the neck as I decided wiring would be neat and colour coded) Engage popped down and added his usual finishing touches, so the river banks under the viaduct have been widened slightly as well as test fitting the anti child protection!!!! You'll also see that apart from the bay platform crossover for decoupling and the old loco shed siding it is progressing pretty well. Hopefully i'll source the missing points this weekend from KS Models in Stevenage and begin the task of adding power droppers to the track. Not the tidiest worker me as you can see! I also lost my goggles so the sunglasses took a Nickel battering from my dremel! Oh well needs must!

The fiddle yard has now been finalised, double slip added so consists can exit and return to the same road.. DMU road 5 added. Bit of work on the Viaduct too. Nowhere near yet though!

Well trying to keep the curves as loose as possible somewhat made the inner fiddle yard track smaller than the rest... The two inner tracks will hold six coaches plus loco (or as designed a four car DMU!), the outers at least 8 coaches plus loco so plenty of space for China Clay traffic (and the occassional 7+2 HST in modern day guise- I think you were just checking up on me there Ben ) - So heres the write up :- TORMOUTH Tormouth is a town located somewhere on the South Devon coast. Once a thriving Edwardian holiday destination which grew in popularity with the advent of the railways and it’s beautiful scenery, it found itself a main Terminus hub of the GWR with a thriving goods yard and small loco shed. As the town prospered Mr Merwick built his funicular railway down the cliffs to the river Tor Estuary and Shingle beach. The GWR constructed a further branch line in the late 1890’s to serve industry and a few small towns further along the coast. To this day the branch line and the Tormouth section of the ex GWR survive, avoiding the Beeching act of the 1960’s invariably due to the large volumes of China Clay traffic shipped along the branch from the clay pits of The SDCM (South Devon Clay Mines). Today, the once thriving Tormouth goods yard has been overtaken by light industry, the loco shed has become little more than a Diesel refuelling point and the branch south has been rationalised. However for the avid enthusiast, there are often China Clay and Wood workings to be seen travelling North along the branch to further afield hauled by a multitude of Diesel power. There is also a regular diesel hauled service which terminates at Tormouth (still a busy holiday destination and tourist attraction) whilst some Diesel Multiple Units still travel south the final 12 miles to the eventual 1890’s terminus of Sudley Balterton. (last station name may be changed as I feel a lynching coming on! )

Bit more progress, the fiddle yard track laid and lined up correctly, also laid the curves now so should be able to begin on the scenic area when SWMBO allows!

Not a lot of progress but I have been careful to use electofrog code 55 but cut and shut the electrics so all the frogs are powered from the point motors and the blades are powered from the edge with wire... So although time consuming it will ensure greater reliability and less shorts (I hope!!) And i used an old Heiniken Ali can to ensure the fiddle yard track ends can be aligned if required! Taken from my teacher (engage) and modified slightly with glue screws and the occasional beer can

Cheers David, Ironically that now pretty much resembles the original plan I did in Anyrail on my laptop but I never published ..... I can work with that..a bit thanks I'm useless with Anyrail by the way!!

Good call chaps, I wonder if there would be scope for bending the platform a little more and making the station look like it was redesigned after the track was lifted... Please excuse the very bad edit of Ben A's plan!

Damn and blast, maybe I should have hit the google button before I came up with that name, so apologies Graham if I have stepped on your toes, reasoning for the name was that we go camping a lot near Torbay and I wanted a river running into the sea on the layout, (wanted the area to be Devonish as I have a love of green hydraulic Diesels!) hence the name... Still I guess as the scales are different and quite clearly the quay is further south near the harbour there shouldn't be too much confusion - To me "Tor" is the essence of Devon where I went to as a child a lot... As yet undecided whether to leave the location here, so it may gain a different name (or not!) kind of moving to an angle of flint cliffs as the Devon ones in the Torbay area would have subsided into the sea by now taking the railway and town with it!!!

This shot shows the final woodworking now complete. More to follow and a big thanks to Ben and John.. And the rear too with the fiddle yard

Look good Ben, but not too sure about the invisibility aspect on a rake if moving wagons, what would it look like if just the tops of the couplers were painted black i wonder?

As you say nick, I still have no idea what all those switches do!! The discussion was who's tea was I drinking, and where do I put the bus!!

Great day out all, couple of niggles which I have no doubt will be fixed for the next excursion... Well done Nick.