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Blog chronicling the construction of Fal Vale and later Fal Vale Junction along with any associated projects

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3 Days of Pain

Slowly working through the todo list and today the turntable was put in place, took several hours first drilling out holes then cutting around the circle and then trimming back to ensure a nice tight fit and then gentle pressure results in a perfect fit.   So plans now...   Main board / track etc   fit tracks leading up to turntable (tonight perhaps). (EDIT DONE!) Purchase additional three points necessary to complete track work. Work on baseboard joints (ie brass soldering etc of track
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And more progress

Little steps as they say, latest progress is to open out the MOD shed which was closed at one end, as can be seen this has been done but some tweaks needed to the brickwork paper but thats another days work once i figure out where I have hiden the sheets I have!.   At the same time I have fashioned out a board to be used as a drop in for the viaduct, although I have set it up as a curve I am wondering should I stick with a curved board or go for full square one with all the scenics for it?  
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Much progress

I have been very quiet on here in the last while in terms of updating the blog for Fal Vale but personal issues (as well as financial!) delayed things slightly. However in the last two weeks much progress has been made (ok granted I changed my mind a few times moving things around!) and I am broadly happy with how thigns now stand with the layout trackwork.   The original plan had been to adapt a CJ Freezer plan but I have since changed my mind and come up with an alternative (no idea why a
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End of day 1

So finally after much dust and sweating the end of the first day has come, the 6 existing baseboards have been stripped of the large lumps of plaster board, stones, plaster and goodness knows what else that was on them and are ready for sanding. Now I just need a lend of a sander to speed up the job but have a nasty feeling its going to be a hand job all day tomorrow!   I have managed to recover most of the track that was on the layout but some of it did get damaged but will still be useful f
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Obligatory first entry!

Welcome to the obligatory first entry for the blog   Fal Vale has come out of a plan to build a large layout for a room in my house called Fal Vale Junction which is currently on hold as I have managed to acquire a bargain deal on facebook of boards and scenery that covered an area of 7.5m (24ft 8") by 2.4m (7ft 11") in an L shaped format for a grand total of £2.50! There are some items in the lot that are surplus to requirements and these will be sold to fund other purchases for the layout.
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