It was in 2014 that Spicers Creek made its way to the O scale Convention and then to the Epping Show, boy that was a long time ago and I did not think that it would be this long until I would be forced to look and pick it up again.
A small project that was only going to take a few years is just now looking like it will get someware so I have decided to restore the modules.
This has now started and in general, the No 2 module is OK except the styrene roof has failed. Looking back it was a bit light but as I was going to be transported weight was an issue but not so now. This will be replaced with 4 sheets of 1830 x 900 x 3 MDF that will be painted both sides as will the frame,
The No 1 module is in worse shape and I have not had the courage to remove the plastic and that will be for another day.
The scenery, however, help up well as did the ply frame so the goal will be to finish the bridge and install it and then rework the scenery to a decent standard.
The steel rail had rusted and was rubbed back with a series of wet and dry papers using WD40 as the lubricant. The track in the scenery is all that can be observed at this time as needs repair visually. Lookin at it again it does indeed follow the Geoff Knott theory of modelling "Scenery disturbed by the minimum amount of track"
So Have Fun I am trying
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