]This morning I finished glueing the last bits of track underlay in place bends are all pinned on place and all it needs is fitting, cutting and laying the straights made from flexi track.
Some pins are needed to keep the underlay in shape as it wants to straighten out and the various sections don't always connect seamlessly but I'm hoping to cure that with ballast. For now lets see how it dries.

I've also been trying to get the points motorised this morning and found that the old points are impossible to power from underneath. Earlier I experimented with a surface mounted servo

But I don't like having random little buildings around the track to hide the motors. The actuator wire would have to be fitted into the sliding control lever and the only way that it can overcome the resistance of the old points is if the action is sideways not straight underneath.

The only way I think I can control the points is like the image above, but that would leave me with exposed wire and servo arm. Maybe I should look for some better points.

Next is going to be the powerbus round the track. [attachment=1000397:WP_20180501_20_21_58_Pro.jpg

In the back of the photo you can see some 5 amp cable. I'm using this for the power bus for the outer track, It goes round the whole of the baseboard with the earth wire being used as a common ground for everything except the track. the track connects to the red and black in this cable. With the controller having a 12v 2.5 amp transformer to feed it, I thought it best to send it round the layout in some hefty cable.