So it’s been a good while since an update as I’ve actually been getting on with some modelling for once. Firstly it was time to test stock on the finished trackwork. This highlighted a few problems, most of which were found to be wheelsets with incorrectly set back-to-back measurements. The worst was my Hornby J94 which wouldn’t run over any pointwork at all. My back-to-back gauge wouldn’t even squeeze between the wheels, being a good millimetre too wide. Time will need to be set aside later to run through the fleet correcting these problems. All of my pacifics ran through without concern though (not that any of them will actually need to).

Next was a job I’d been putting off – the revamped fiddle yard. Last year I’d built a traverser but it was less than reliable and too heavy when fully open. This was cut up and turned into shelves. It’s replacement is a kind of sliding cassette system (caverser? travette?).

More on my external blog here.