Two steps forwards and one back
After an uncharacteristic burst of optimism, my base line pessimism has reasserted itself. I have built three points and tested them by running a couple of trucks through them by finger power and I was really pleased. I tried doing the same thing with a coach, again no problems. But then I tried to push through a locomotive (my Bachmann Prairie tank) and it got stuck. I tried another 0-6-0 loco and it had the same problem. I have checked the Back to back measurements and they are fine, and the same as the trucks that have no problems. What has gone wrong? I tried the other points and they were exactly the same. I have tried to muck one of them about a bit with the end result that now the coaches also derail.
This stopped me from wanting to build any more points until I find out what has gone wrong.
Since I have destroyed about half of what was already built, and have ripped all the point wiring out to be replaced by DCC concepts alpha system, which is currently waiting for the A2 mimic print diagram to arrive from a friend who has access to a plotter. This left me with nothing to do except cut the grass, and the wretched garden tractor manage to throw one of its knives through the shield, so that has also brought that activity to a halt.
I have already decided to paint the wall a more suitable colour that the bright orange that they are now. But this project has been upgraded to replacing the very uneven wood panelled ceiling and putting up new plasterboard walls. After a couple of day days work, I now have a new wood panelled ceiling, these are very common in Denmark. Now there is a stack of plasterboard to be hacked to bits and screwed to the existing walls. The thought behind doing it now is that once the baseboards are up I’ll never get the chance to redecorate again. Once this is finished I hope to have built up courage to try point work again.
and I have no idea why this is upside down, it's not in my photo editor!
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