We are trading throughout Christmas and New Year

A chance to show off the Rapido West Midlands Guy models on the nearly finished bus station on the diorama layout, I'm now turning me attention to the bus garage area which will show off London and London Country buses. The tram section now is populated with London Transport trams which marks the boundary between London and the Midlands. The right hand side of the layout will depict other regions. I've left everything a bit unmarked so it can be used for any regions vehicles.  As you can see I've now got the destination lists up at the stops still based on the practice at Wrexham. It looks quite effective, well I thought so.

There are a lot more buses and other vehicles which will be housed in this section of the layout and the parameters are from 1940s - 70's, wide I know but then the more modern section will still have a long span from the 1980s through to present day and so much has happened in that time. It was really messy getting the tram overhead installed, the pick up wire is very fine but the span wires really heavy, I just needed the strength to take the weight and allow some tensioning. Lots of araldite, superglue and bostick, and messy hands, curses and frustration. The depot end should be a breeze although it going to be off a curve in the road which will need a bit of thinking about, plus kerb side parking and the bus stops for out of town country services.

I back scanning cine film and as well as the next Bus Spot Ultra Accrington I'm doing features on Blackpool trams, Crich tram museum, Seaton trams and others to be announced. We are going into tier 3 on Boxing day, last meal tomorrow at The Crown before Janet locks it all up, I'll help by clearing a steak and ale pie! Still plenty of tier 3 locations left plus a couple of tier 2 and we can get to all of these at present without entering tier 4. Strange how prophet my words were of the self satisfaction of people in the south perhaps now they will social distance and use masks.

I'm hoping to film at Liverpool docks tomorrow, sunshine is the supposed outlook but as we know can be wide of the mark.