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I had hoped to be proceeding with the construction of the loco wheels at the moment but I have decided to build a jig to speed up the cutting of the spokes. Since I have to build at least four locos to run this layout, I thought that the time spent in building the jig would be worth it. So I am now designing the jig, but trackwork proceeded none the less.
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Work has proceeded with the track in the other platform road being laid as well as the pointwork into the goods lead and the goods yard. You will now be used to the detritus of track building :-). |
And here's a somewhat clearer view of the complex at the baseboard joint.I was having to duck under and work in the fairly limited room between the layout and the window so I decided to complete all the pointwork spanning the join so that I could separate the boards and get better access to the "rear" tracks. |
And now a comparatively rare view of the layout with no tools in sight :-)This was just before the baseboards were to be split. |
The board containing the station throat has been stored elsewhere and the board containing the platform roads has been swung through 180 degrees. |
The foamboard base for the point giving access to the good yard has been laid and the track plan of the point, then some of the sleepering, has stuck down in place. |
Another view of the yard access point base.I should, technically, have built this point off the baseboard if I had stuck to my principles, but the location was so near to the edge of the boards, with easy access, that I decided to build it in situ. I've used a staple gun to hold down the sides of the foamboard to help it set flat while the PVA glue dries. If you use foamboard as an underlay be aware that it tends to distort when you apply glue to one side - i.e. the side wetted by the glue expands. So stapling prevents the edges of the board rising. |
A wider view of the work so far, with the base and the sleepers for the goods headshunt having been laid.The foamboard base for plain track is cut as strips about 3.5" wide (85mm) then it is slit crosswise at about 1" (25mm) intervals, not quite fully across the strip (about 3.25" (80mm)), to give a strip which can be bent to the track radius. This is a bit more economical and easier than cutting the curved base from sheet. The baseboard is marked out for the curved track by placing a section of the track drawing on the baseboard, then pricking through the centre lines to mark out the baseboard tops, then marking out the limits of the foam base from these prick marks, then gluing the foamboard strip using these marks as a guide. The track plan is then cut to just wider than sleeper width and stuck down on the foam base. |
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