Painting of the scenic break. When we moved to this house a year ago there was, like most of the houses i've moved in to, a collection of paints that the previous owners had left in case colour matching was required. i grabbed the first can that said 'three in one' and on opening was suprised it was a perfect sky blue, lucky for me. Some filling and sanding and three coats later. I just know that my wife is going to say at some point "well if you can do that then you can now paint the laundr
The electrics begin to go in. i want to be able to plug the table in and so an extension lead was fitted. i wanted power at the desk and a USB to connect to the Arduino. I also fitted an isolation switch so I can use the desk power and not have the layout powered up. the Main DCC bus cables are not installed as are the 3v and 5v circuits. These circuits will all be running to various terminal blocks to allow easy access.
Time to put the table top on and following some detailed
I'm lucky. I have a reasonable tool set, lots of Ryobi power tools and other rapidly spinning death machines. After a bit of thought i framed the base and added some castor wheels. I have now decided i need to add more castors, you'll see why later. Once the super sized skateboard was complete (yes, i did scoot around the garage a bit, silly fool i am) i sat back to enjoy some smugness and then planned the height of the finished table so i could cut lots of timber and make some frames.
I had my first layout a few years ago but a house move meant it had to go. I decided to keep the loco's and carriages but the rest was given away...oh how i regret that hasty decision today. Plug and play lighting, power supplies, buildings, figures, 100's of trees, scenic sounds etc etc etc
I retired recently and have a bucket list, sitting near the top, just after 'Get some bees' is build another layout, written next to it is 'But this time plan properly and don't just go buying
