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A Grand Day Out

2mm Andy

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Hello,

 

Well, my aim of posting one blog entry a week seems to have fallen by the wayside. I'll try and stick to this in the future - if only because it encourages me to do some modelling!

 

Today I spent the day at the Thirsk show helping operate this marvellous layout.

 

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Yes, it is 2mm finescale! This is Mayfield Street, built by David Long. Today was it's debut on the exhibition circuit, and it performed really well. Thank you David for letting me loose on it!

 

It has inspired me to try and make some more progress on my shunting plank. Last week I experienced some problems with the trackbed doing an impersonation of a British Rail sandwich (the edges curled up). With the aid of some powerful clamps and a not inconsiderable amount of PVA glue, I hope I have cured the problem. Needless to say I won't be using basswood for the trackbase again!

 

Yesterday I finally started fitting the chairs to the stock rails on the first turnout - photos will hopefully follow later in the week when I've made some progress worthy of a photo or two.

 

Andy

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Neil C

That looks fantastic. Hardly an original thought now, but there's some amazing 2mm FS things being produced. First, second and third glance at the photo made me think it was 4mm.

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2mm Andy

Hi guys,

 

Thanks for the comments - David Long (the layout's builder and owner) has recently joined RMWeb, so will hopefully see the comments here.

 

Chris,

 

It is soldered PCB track - using etched chairplates to lift the rail up above the sleepers. The layout pre-dates the introduction of Easitrac.

 

Andy

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bcnPete
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We like that! Hope to be seeing more details of it on the forum from David and of course some more from your layout too Andy.

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DavidLong
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Thanks for the kind comments, Andy. Glad you enjoyed the day. First outing for a layout is always a bit scary.

 

David

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Andy Y

I saw it for the first time today; absolutely superb work from David. A real little star of a layout.

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