So the Track laying for Ffarquhar has been completed:

To start with the baseboard tops were covered with cork which was stuck down with Copydex. After previously using it on two layouts I am a firm copydex convert and love it's sound reduction properties!

On the cork a copy of the trackplan was stuck down. Then on top of the plan the track was stuck down again with Copydex. Sounds simple, but is slightly more complicated than that...

All the track is Peco Code 75, The Turnouts are all Electrofrog which does mean there is going to be more wiring which will be worth it for the superior running it will give. To each piece of track droppers were wired as not to rely on the fishplates for electrical conductivity. The Turnouts were laid with a slip of card over the holes cut for the point motors

As the layout gets put up in the living room whilst I am working on it I had to do the job over two days, this is because there are five people who live in my house and three of them are woman... woman who don't have any interest in Model Railways.. which means I can only really work on it when they are out otherwise they moan at me. I like a quiet life so here is the progress at the end of day one:

The next day was spent pretty much as the first but the end results were very different:

And of course once track is laid, who could resist planting some stock to get a feel for the layout?

Until next time...