Of course most of this early work is going to be hidden in mountains, so next came the oppotunity
to see exactly how much space I had left for the visible bit of the layout. I wanted to do so much here. A main station suitable
for a longish rake of coaches, a couple of mountain villages, one with a small station and one with a halt. A river ( don't
talk to me about the river!!) oh and a chocolate factory (well it is Switzerland!) I've been building many plastic kit models
of chalets and buildings whilst I'm listening to the wonderful Mike Parkin and Rosemarie Schmoker, oh and me, on Radio Beo
in the evenings. The strong smell of glue is just what you need before going to bed!! A German flea market came up trumps
too, with a surprising find of a number of secondhand plastic model buildings, which now they've had a bit of TLC will look
great in the background. I've digressed a little, back to the space that I have ended up with to put all these villages and
that river! About 1300mm by 1700mm.. not really enough, especially as I want to add a branch line off to the villages and
chocy factory, and some of the curves on the main line at that point are already 420mm radius, actually even tighter at the
back of the layout. Because of that long coach problem I mentioned earlier, I think this will mean that the branch may
only be suitable for a multiple unit and goods traffic, but that's fine by me!! I've got a lovely little Swiss four axle shunting
diesel locomotive class Am 844 that will fill the bill perfectly!
It's October and the weather is turning... oh stop being lyrical Carl... I've successfully completed one
track end to end, that is with no points yet, but it was reason to celebrate with a 3 minute movie later.
Two new bridges have gone in to span the river and a branch line. The video shows the layout
so far, it's many of ups and downs... well a train going up and a train going down that is....Felix one and two, the two helixes!
