So back to Box - working on the second scenic board, intending to start tracklaying... However -

I found I needed to paint the trackbed first! I thought I'd already done that, so drying time was required for the layer of 'Mud Hut' from 'Dulux'.

Whilst the paint was drying I indulged myself in giving consideration to the method of point-control. The only two points - a switch and a trap are on this board along with the signals needed to protect them. So I'm seriously considering 'wire in tube' - particularly as I have this -

left over from a previous layout. It's actually a servo wire unit for the model aircraft makers (I get some good ideas from them!). The brass-plated wire actually fits inside a steel rod which is threaded at one end - s there are distinct possibilities here including using the threading as a fine-tuning mechanism at one end or the other. Current thoughts are revolving round a 'bar in slot' arrangement beneath the tie-bar.

Having given myself brain-ache enough for the evening I decided ('cos the paint still was not dry) to turn my thoughts to the scenics on board 1. So a start was made 'roughing out' the cutting walls using my favourite wall insulation -

As the walls are close to the tracks you suddenly realise just how deep the cutting into the east portal really is - thats a '2800' for scale in the distance - and I need to increase the height of the tunnel wall...

Well that can wait for another evening!

Regs

Ian