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Somewhere for Thomas and Percy to run..

As much as Fred enjoys a bit of shunting about on Dad's shelf layouts.. it's good to let them run sometimes and Dad made a promise to build a train track for Thomas and Percy. (Seemed like a good idea to let Daddy's few OO trains have some exercise too!) A few basic rules were laid down.. the controller wanted to sit in the middle and there had to be a station and a bridge. Actually, there was also supposed to be a school, a river, a major A road...but there is only so much you can fit into 4'6" x 3'6".

As ever, things have been done fairly cheaply and simply. There are only two points, one isolated section in the station siding, and a few 2nd radius setrack curves were already in store. The Metcalfe card platform kit , Skaledale platform building, Hornby footbridge and £1 swapmeet goods shed were also waiting to be used. A few bags of flocking material and a couple of bits from swapmeets like crossing gates, cows for the fields only added up to a few pounds.

The basic MDF on 2x1 timber frame sits on two B&Q sawhorse trestles. The viaduct was built up out of foamcore around a strong MDF bridge, with 1:24 brick paper used to decorate. Control is via a Hornby Thomas set radio control..(from ebay).

As you can see - no sign of Thomas or Percy here! Fred concentrating hard on piloting the Bachmann LMS crab around the circuit whilst the heavily weathered and smoking Airfix 4F waits in the siding.