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Owen · Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 229 Location: Diss, Norfolk

I was hoping to go, but unfortunatly I have no way of getting there! Mad

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Owen · Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 229 Location: Diss, Norfolk

I got this one out again this evening and did a bit more on the track. The passing loop is now laid, just the two sidings left to go now.

I need to make some removable corner card sections as there is a nasty gap between the baseboards on the corners. I also need to do something similar on the baseboard join to cover up the bad jig-sawing.

Once the sidings are finished, the time honoured and enjoyable task of wiring is to be undertaken :yawn . I've got some 15 and 21 pin D-Subs with Hoods to connect up the three sections. The Point motors will probably be the most fustrating, but thankfully there isn't much to the layout.
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Owen · Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 229 Location: Diss, Norfolk

Just thought I'd bump this one up as the state of play moved on today with all track now laid down and now awaiting wiring. The siding on the layout furthest from the camera needs an iscolating break inserting still, but otherwise everything is finished. The fiddle yard leaning up on the floor has also been finished and now needs the necessary holes drilling for the combi unit and switches.

Owen.
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Owen · Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 229 Location: Diss, Norfolk

Having spent the last few evenings on the layout, I can now say that everything works, not perfectly but it works. A few refinements are needed, namely on the approach to the fiddle yard and I could do with some copper-clad strip between the joints. Otherwise it works well. I got a bit fustrated with the D-Subs though. The first time around, I soldered both Female connectors to the same pattern as the male ones, thus resulting in the wires being a mirror image when put together. I resoldered them only to find that I re-did the 15 pin D-Sub upsidedown! Having just fixed it this evening, it is nice to know that all the wiring works and it was only the D-Subs!

Working out which levers control which points is the hardest part though. I've uploaded a video onto Youtube, but it is taking forever to go through, so I'll do it another day.
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Owen · Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 229 Location: Diss, Norfolk

I haven't had much time for this layout recently with real life in the way, but over the last three days I've been putting together a Wills road Bridge that'll be at the end of the layout to hide the opening.

I've also made a start on the Platforms. I bought some second hand platform sides cheap - these have been glued in place and I'm now using some old MDF as the main surface. This is a couple of mm too low, but I'll be padding up the surface with card to get it up to level. I'm undecided on what to use for a suitable surface. To be honest, I'm not particularly sure what would be used other than a gravel like material. :what

I've bought the Wills Country Station kit (the one with the Hanging tiles on the wall) and I'll devour this when I get a spare moment, obviously using standard bricks for the front wall. It looks like I'll be taking this one into the club in late May, so I'll have to get it a bit more respectable than this before then!

Owen

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