A tiny slice of Syldavia...

Hands up if you like Tintin? I do, in fact I'd go further than like, I really really like the adventures, the story lines and the artwork...

Those familiar with the stories of Hergé will also recognise 'Syldavia' as Balkan state quite often referenced in the stories. So a fictitious place, with a history based on many 'states' of the region, and an opportunity to build a micro-layout home for the Lyd2 and to practice some modelling skills?

So inspired by photos like this on the Tabor website (a wonderful Polish resource with English translation: http://www.tabor.wask.pl/?&lang=en) and wanting something industrial, worn out and Eastern European looking I took to the sketchbook...

Regular readers of this blog will know I have more ideas than actual activity, and there is a UK based preservation era layout in the planning stages with my good friend Tim, but this 'micro' would give me an excuse to use my more European stock in a more realistic environment, and play to my love of overgrown sidings and track...