One of the downsides of laying C&L track is that you need cash! With two of our group economically inactive, we are having to progress at the pace at which we can afford to buy track components. Coupled with a shortage of GWR 2-bolt chairs at C&L this hasn't helped. However all the sleepering (well almost all) has now been laid for the goods sorting loops opposite the down platform, and a start made on rail laying, starting from the fan of turnouts at the road overbridge end.
Here's one of the uncouplers embedded in position. Progress recently has been the printing up of production templates, which are printed on 'Toughprint' waterproof inkjet paper, stuck down with 3M Spraymount, then given a coat of shellac. The various electrical connections are then marked on, dropper holes drilled and dropper wire strung down through the holes. This will be soldered onto the underside of the rails as they are laid. The turnout timbering is then cut to fit and glued on using UH
Now the three main station area boards for Yeovil Pen Mill are complete, which are only 13ft of the whole 38 ft run, we have started fitting the uncouplers before laying track. Kadee electromagnetic units are being fitted and the holes for the 13 needed for these three boards have been cut. They are being installed to be completely invisible under the track, rather than the way we have used them on Bath Green Park. There, only two of the four field plates have been used and are visible between
Yeovil Pen Mill as it was in 1939 and in 'finescale 00' is a project started by the members of the Taunton Finescale Group (TFG). We felt the need for a high quality, as close to scale as possible layout, that could be exhiited around the South with a small number of operators. So initially four of us, while still remaining members of the Taunton Model Railway Group, have deviated away from Bath Green Park and the S&D, to create it.
To give us an identity seperate from TMRG who ha
