With only a single piece of point wire and a foot or so of siding to lay, the trackwork for the new 009 is almost done. After much pontificating the proto-scenario has come down to something east coast, mainly in honour of its driving force, the 009 member's day at Beccles which is the target point. This could of course change suddenly, but that's where we are for now. It also means that quite a bit of stock is in hand, as are the buildings, making it a 009 layout kit... almost. The main two being the altered Wills station building, which is impossible to disguise, and the corrugated store which was built for the GWR book and is based on that at Hemyock. Now suitably repainted from GW colours into something more generic. A general running test was carried out and all appears to be well at this stage with only a couple of minor tweaks needed.
A name was required and I landed on a small village north of Beccles called Seething with an airfield and, at least now, a pig farm. Seething Pigs had a nice ring to it and could be lifted wholesale for a thrash metal band. It also opens up a the door to a list of places to put near it with anger management bents (Werry Cross, Wrage etc.) and will have Mr. Hill working overtime.
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