Sneak peak pic of Newroad South, Br blue

Hi

As you know I keep going on about my Br blue layout, soon to be dcc, then soon to be after dcc sound!

I have been making he layout now for a couple of months, the boards are recycled from some wardrobe doors, the scenic is 4 1/2ft by 14inches and the fiddle yard (finally made today) is 3ft by 14inches, not the biggest layout in the world!

It started off with me gradually buying more br blue locos, first a 08, then a 20 (now wondering if it is the wrong type of loco becuase unprototipical because only has a cab at one end? what do you think?) then a 04 (now decided to get rid of as it serves no purpose) and then a 108. and curently pondering over a sound class 37 with split headcode as the 105 wont be available for atleast another year Although i do have a pro converted 153 in regional railway for the time beings, but probably wont get sound chipped or run at a exhbition if i manage to get onto the exhbition circuit, which I hope to do becuase its about 10 years later than the entitled era (does anyone know when they first came into action?)

The main idea of the layout came from seeing Iceni cement at a local exhibiton, so the lower level track plan is basically the same, Then so it dident look so identical I decided to some how squeeze in a single passenger line and station for dmu's. Also a recent idea made me think to add a low relief wagonrepair/warehouse/store to the disused/unpurposed siding, this will aslo be scratch built!

The layout has 5 points all peco code 100 (wish I'd done it 75 ) which currently have a pm2 point motor all underneath which are wired up to a cdu and then i had planned a curcuit board, but after going dcc............

At the moment I'm facing quite a few problems: 1. I now have to re-wire the point motors to a dcc point decoder (more money ) and the cdu can be used on the gwr layout which i am yet to wire up so is not a complete waist of money. 2. hense I have to do that and am adding dcc sound I am quite intrested in adding tortoise point motors, again more money but will add to the small detail, but then this leads to the problem of maiking the basseboards 2 inches depper so the will fit!!!. 3. I am alos currently learning how to make ahnd made points so you can see in the future this layout is going to end up being rebuilt with han made track, and then i can also widen the boards for more scenery and make them out of a lighter product like ply instead of 12mm chip board.

Anyway i Think thats enough rambling for now but will be nice to here you views.

But hopefully will get it outside tomorrow or tuesday and get some daylight pictures

Thanks in advance

Josh

ps after writing this I relaised I dont know how to post pictures although all I have to post is a pic and track plan, I do apologise for the one and taking it on my phone in a dark room, but I went out to my railway shed today to get some more and ended up making the 3ft fiddle yard board, making the upper level section on it and then spraying/painting the back and sides of the boards black!