get back in your box...
Good evening,
Full on deadlines at work have affected progress of late and to say I am behind is an understatement, but having given the exhibition manager, Chris R, a commitment a year ago, I intend to honour it, so some how things will get done.
My brother has kindly made me the sub structure on which the layout would sit as I couldn't see a way of getting that in my hand luggage
I sent him some drawings / sketches and he has made a 300mm x 2000mm board which folds in half to fit in his car, and there is a small attachable down stand in the centre for holding the transformers and Gin Tonics - How fitting I shall be exhibiting alongside Jon020, who also shares a fondness for Bombay Sapphire and blue diesels I recall
The structure will then straddle two Draper A frame extendable leg supports which I secured last year as I wanted to exhibit this layout with rail level at 1200mm above FFL having learnt lessons when Kyle was exhibited on a table and peered upon...for me, 2mmFS just looks better set higher.
During last week, I have managed to cut out the pieces for the two fiddle yards and the intention was to build the fascias from 3mm ply rather than my usually thick grey card but disaster struck late last week when the office laser cutter broke and could be out of use for 2 -3 weeks
That also throws the platform canopy into array as I had drawn the awning edge profile and the model shop manager suggested making some very basic small laser cut elements for the canopy support structure...time to rethink these again...and fast.
Also, this evening I flew back the layout to LGW (security at BCN asked me to open my case after it went through the x-ray machine ) and I hope to be able to tinker with it during the week, perhaps starting the third rail. I attach a few pics of the fiddle yard support structures which the folded cassettes will mesh in with (need to add the pcb track at the raised ends) and also a pic of the layout folded into the boxfile as Mike was asking recently for that...thankfully it fits in the box with the signals and the canopy structure bringing it up to lid closure height.
27 days to go...
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