21st April

The Peco Joiner Sleeper Sections (SL308F) arrived the other day, so this morning I had a fairly easy time of siting them on the scenic section of the layout, to hide the gaps mentioned in the previous post.
I used the tried-and-trusted "bits of double sided tape" method to get them into the right positions (using tweezers) and I'm pleased with the results. In this case I will be leaving the tape where it is, as it will eventually be entombed in glue, ballast and / or scene scatter.
The curved section of set track is especially visually improved, particularly as I replaced the "ugly" bit on both ends of that piece of track (this had nothing to do with me removing the wrong end in the first place - no, absolutely not!)
After the new sleepers were in place it was just a matter of going over the track sections with the Archimedes Drill at regular intervals, making holes in the FIXED sleepers ready for track pins. I somehow managed to break the drill bit at the very end of this procedure :-( but it is still usable, if a little stumpy!
The end result is, however, that the layout is now nearly done - from the point of view of running trains, and I'm well pleased! Just the sidings to do, for which the flexi track arrived​ just a couple of hours ago. :-)