Manic May
Confirming the invite to exhibit at Burton has been a double edged sword. It has been great at concentrating my mind into cracking on with the layout. Particularly tackling the parts of layout building that are new to me, despite being a modeller for over thirty years. But by ‘eck there’s been a lot to do!! However, I’ve been ploughing on with the layout and reckon I’ll be alright for Burton. But, having set up the Blog to help combat my ability to procrastinate, I’ve been too busy modelling of late to update it! As mentioned above, my previous layout projects have either been as part of a group or club whilst my own projects have never got beyond getting the track working. This project is all about pushing myself to tackle the bits I’ve always put off before and work out which techniques work and which I might not choose to repeat again. One effect I wanted to create if possible was one of the rails being sunk into the surrounding landscape rather than sitting proud on top of the lan
