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I blame the visitors at last year's
exhibition....! "Why don't you extend it round the room?"
they asked. So, for 2004 I've built 2 extra garage line modules
which extend the railway into an "L" shape enabling the
trains to run between two stations. Module 4 curves the track
through 90 degrees, and the old sidings module will form a station
area with a low relief warehouse/brewery as a backdrop. Only
trouble is, there isn't room to assemble the entire line in our
garage, so the only time I can use the full running length is at
an exhibition. At home I have to make do with modules 1-3 with an
end-stop in the tunnel mouth.
The short tunnel is completely boxed in (upper
left image) and the hillside contours are formed from plywood
sheet and spacers. A sheet of chicken wire was used to shape the
large hill area over the tunnel. The landscape was then formed
using the same technique as used on modules 1 to 3, by covering
with six or seven layers of PVA'd newspaper pieces (top right
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Work starts on module 4 with a basic 2x1 carcass
frame and panels - planned from the start in three dimensions. Track
is laid at an early stage to get a workable radius and to fix
alignment to modules 3 and 5. I then tested and marked the overhang
clearances for the largest items of rolling stock. 
