Introduction

I like a good Model Railway based challenge.
Many of you will be familiar with the seven day model railroad project in which I challenged myself to build a layout in less than seven days for an exhibition. The blog was very popular and the layout was too. The layout did sterling service at train shows in the Midwest.
Then there was More T Please where the challenge was to test my skills and abilities in the smallest model railway scale - T. That too was very popular and the Gonou layout equally so.
Finally there was my discovery of the Ikea APA box and my desire to build a interesting operating layout in one of them. Perhaps the APA challenge was the most successful of the lot. The layout had two incarnations, running in both US and UK outline. The layout is 6 years old and is taking a well earned rest.
So to a new challenge, and a new blog. I've decided to blog this project instead of Facebooking it with all the Facebook fuss going on right now, plus I was never totally happy with blogging a layout build in Facebook for reasons which I could divulge over a pint or two.
My wife and I have recently moved house. Our new house is a extensive renovation of an 1895 small house. I think the builders must've left in a hurry because they've left ladders, tiles and decking around the house and garage. We could probably re-tile the bathroom floor if we wanted and we might be able to build a deck with the decking we have.
Hidden away in a corner of the basement my wife found a drawer. No handle, just a drawer. inside dimensions 19" x 20" 482mm x 508mm.
"I bet you could fit a layout in that." She said.
Is that a challenge? I do believe it is.
Here we go then.