It is amazing how taking time off from modelling does to one's clarity of why you stopped modeling. My model railway, or should I say diorama, has undergone many revisions and modifications to make it look better and more realistic. The trouble was I was trying to do too much in a limited space and time, it just did not feel right.

I was trying to fit models into a scene that would never be there. Plus me trying to do realistic mini scenes where was not looking good. I was in a candy shop of kits, with no place to put them. So it was time for me to change the layout to be more manageable and easier to work on without having 10 turnouts, block detection and computer control with miles of messy wiring that the cats love to scratch on.

So here is the newest plan,

- eliminate Gran's Yellow house and farm section
- eliminate the mine inn the corner
- reduce overall length from 132" to 120" to fit against the wall better
- reduce the depth from 30" to 19-20" to make it easier to work on
- have only one track with 4-5 turnout at the max
- eliminate the legs and mount it on the wall with 4 20" shelf brackets
- create a central location for all wires to be routed to control electronics
- extract the welty marine and make it a separate diorama for sale
- exractthe Gran' farm into a separate diorama and sell it, whole or in parts
- extract the mine structure into a separate diorama and sell it
- the two stall will not be used but completed as a separate diorama anf sold
- organize and sell NCE block detectors and sell tortoises
- possibly sell all NCE controller, detector and computer cards

The following posts will show the current state.

Hi folks,

I am finally starting the Engine Shed (Engine House) after buying it used a couple FineScale Expos ago. (Hmm, the good old days.)

The kit is a plaster based kit that came with lots of parts and instructions. The kit was fit produced in 1993 so its building technique are a bit dated. As I usually do is modify the kit to todays standards and give it that bit of extra kick to make it shine. This thread will take you through the highlights of the journey avoiding all the mundane work. It is going to be fun.