Rapid Action .

After the boards where compleated  plans where then drawn up to procede and various things alterd this week i went shopping and purchased some insulation board   this has been cut into a smaller manageble sheet sixe and some has been affixed to the layout as land form material and been coverd with plaster  the other section  is awaiting  plastering.

some track has been laid notably a headshunt and associated point work  point control is by standard peco point motors and A capacitor discharge unit built  centrally into the power unit. hopefully this "mainline board" will be completed  ready for marrying up to the main station board this week and then  it may  be possible to run a engine and just see how it operates and wether there is need for improvements the other scenic work is going to be left untill a later date.

Here the knightwing diesel is seen next to a 0 gauge  coal waggon this gives some idea of the size of the stock and allso the landforms.

That was the longest day that was!

Well Finally today  i managed to get into my days workshop and build the second scenic board  for the layout .

below is a photo of the boards with some track loosely laid to give a idea how it will be  im hoping that i can also put a few different animated features  hidden over the layout but less of them until later....

the turntable is a peco N gauge product  modified by narrowing the deck and removing  the 2mm scale detailing  some other items will be added to disguise what its roots are but its a good start. I'm now looking at the possibility of either a mine in 0.14  under the main layout or a dock area in the far left hand corner of the photo.

Where does time go!

well its been a while since i last wrote here so i better update you all progress is slow at present as other duties are more pressing the baseboards  still haven't been put together as workshop space is tight at the moment and I'm awaiting a delivery of peco track and a few more sets of points.

 

Above is my main distraction  90733 at the keighley and worth valley railway is seen heading towards oakworth