THINGS I love about THIS Design

■ as a circuit, trains can be longer than on an end-to-end baseboard of the same length.

■ Captures the feel of the prototype, despite its non-prototypical track plan.

■ makes use of metcalfe and Scalescenes kits.

■ Wagon loads can be added or removed off-stage.

■ The 5ft 3in by 4ft baseboard is irregularly shaped.