Rebuilding the fiddle yard, a work in progress.
Well several weeks have passed since the last update and it feels like there has not been a huge amount of progress.
Part of this has been down to my own stupidity, placing an order for the wrong type of rail, thankfully getting the right type only took an extra week or so.
Since getting the extra rail a couple of other issues have taken my mind of modelling a little but I have go some done.
I have completely stripped the fiddle yard. On one of the boards I have built 3 new points that are now complete except for tie bars and check rails. To these I have added 3 loops to the board joint. The 4th loop is waiting until I work out if I can fit in a siding for the DMU. On the second board I have part built the 3 points and have laid one of the loops.
A general overview of the new layout at the moment. The most complete points are furthest away from the camera. The shortest pair of loops have ended up being about 5 and a half foot long, so enough to comfortably hold a 10 coach + loco train, something that would swamp the layout. The longest loop might end up being around 3 foot longer than this so theoretically would hold a 16 coach train + loco.
The second image just shows the most complete pointwork. The single rail that goes very close to the track exiting the second set of points is not soldered down apart from the first 4 of 5 sleepers (at the point end) so will end up far further away from the other track than it appears at the moment. The soldering is far from neat and the sleeper gapping (where I have done it) has been done very quickly with a mini drill and abrasive pad. It's not a neat job but it does appear to work from the testing that I have done so far. What I am please with is the gap that I have achieved at the crossing point. This is far better than the other points on the layout and should help with the running qualities.
The points have been built as a single unit to maximise the available space.
I have a slight problem with the location of one of the points on the other board as it is over a baseboard frame support, so will require a little imagination in the mounting of the point motor.
Hopefully I will be a little less distracted this week and will be able to get this finished for some extensive testing over the weekend.
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