This week I have had a little time off work in order to push on with the layout detailing. There are a few little niggles with the layout I am trying to tidy up, such as a few areas of the backscene and removing some vegetation in one area by the pub where the it fouls the rolling stock. Of course with the layout set up, it has been necessary to run some trains and get a bit more familiar with the layout, whilst waiting for various glues to dry, etc. Despite the layout being quite big, relative to our house, in O gauge this does not constitute a lot of track. The boards are 18inches deep and in O gauge this makes the curves quite tight. Part of playing trains has been to get familiar with the nuances of the layout and how I will operate it. Anyhow, I have had a lot of fun playing trains the last few days. so a few shots of the layout in action. The layout is really coming together and there are two really big pieces of modelling left to finish. The first is getting right the water colour in the quay, it is still not quite there and irks a little. Secondly, I have to build a run of low relief buildings for the back of the layout behind the second board, joining up with the dairy. These will be really shallow buildings and my plan is to finish these off over the summer and complete the layout by Xmas. There is a batch of scenic works I am currently doing today - so some more updates to follow later this weekend.
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