Finished?

I'm getting there. After much waiting for new bricks to arrive in the post, the station is complete, and the last section is pretty much there. As always, there are little tweaks I could make, particularly if I decide to buy the pieces.

However, I now have 4 sections to click together, and am in that waiting phase. I've booked a venue for Tuesday week to bring all 4 together for the first time to test the whole thing out. I think it will work, but there could well be a couple of short circuits to deal with where the various loops connect. Only one

way to find out....

As well as the short circuits, actually running trains is the only way to find out if you really have got the clearances right inside the tunnels and whether crashes and derailments will be occasional or frequent....

Once it's all tested I'll post some pics of it all together and the whole layout is booked for it's first public appearance on Saturday September 21st as part of the "Down The Decades" event at the Toton Churches. I'll keep you posted....

Vision Evolving

Sometimes when you start something you don't know exactly what's going to happen - where a journey will take you or in this case, what a station might look like! I know when I'm working through with God "what next?", the final destination is rarely crystal clear, and the path certainly isn't! The journey is all part of the adventure.

 When I set out building this layout, I knew I wanted a station that people could easily see into, which meant lots of clear panels, and one that if it was in "the real world" would be light and airy, not claustrophobic and dank, think Birmingham New Street if you've had the pleasure...

I also had in mind enclosed platforms, at least part way along, and once the next bricklink.com or Lego.com Pick-a-brick order arrives, the large transparent wall on the right will be completed to give an enclosed, box shape station with cover over the platforms. Access to the island platforms is via elevator, with one at each end and a connecting elevator/subway combination from the subway. They may or may not get motorized in due course!

 During the build, things evolved and various bits were taken apart and rebuilt, and as it stands I'm reasonably happy with how it will look when finished. There is still a way to go, but just like real life, the journey is as much part of the adventure as the destination. While I'm waiting for the parts to arrive for the wall, I'll be detailing the ground floor inside and starting on the final section this weekend. We'll see where it goes and what it looks like!