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Dave Holt

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Track laying continues, but progress is quite slow. I thought plain track would be quite easy, and I suppose it is technically, but it still takes an age. Progress is not really helped by my attempt to replicate the 60 ft and 30 ft track panels used on the real thing. It appears that only the main platform road was 60 ft, all the other being 30 ft. To achieve this, all the sleeper ties on the flexi-track have to be removed and sleepers moved along to the correct spacings. I've already marked the position of the rail joints as near as possible from the Templot track plan. All this cutting and sleeper moving takes time. Then there's a limit how many jar-weights I have to hold the track down whilst the glue dries and there's the ply sleepers with panel pins to be soldered at the board edges......

 

Anyway, I've now got most of the track in position on the station throat board - just the loop head shunt left to do. Meanwhile, a Delph motor train arrived, hauled by the Fowler Cl 3 2-6-2 tank and consisting of M45 driving trailer M3419M and M12 non-driving trailer M3425M - both beautifully modelled by Coachman. Thanks Coach!!

 

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Overall view of the station throat track-work. Lead filled jam jars on the coal drop road whilst glue dries.

 

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A taste of things to come. Typical 1950's motor train crosses the curved diamond which gives access to the mill siding.

 

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coachmann

I've got to hand it to you, you scare me! Removing sleeper ties so sleepers can be re-spaced at correct intervals for 30ft track panels when most people would just be happy they are modelling in P4. It makes the use of 00 Peco points look like slap dash modelling....laugh.gif laugh.gif

 

Seriously though, I take my cap off. Ths Delph Branch is going to be really something when completed. Re the M12 'Oerlikon' push pull trailer, only a few were built because I got bored handbuilding the interiors! Have you got a photo of this coach that I could post in my LNWR WB by any chance?

 

Larry

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craigwelsh

I've got to hand it to you, you scare me! Removing sleeper ties so sleepers can be re-spaced at correct intervals for 30ft track panels when most people would just be happy they are modelling in P4. It makes the use of 00 Peco points look like slap dash modelling....laugh.gif laugh.gif

 

Larry

Now now, if you're going to use slapdash you have to use crude and implausible too, its a rule or something ;). I must admit the club layout is being laid with Exactoscale sleepering with separate chairs throughout, we've done 6 metres so far on a mix of 24 sleepers per 60ft and 26 sleeper panels. Only about 12 more to go! I think it does make a difference when you can see the correct panels and the sleepers closing up next to the fishplates.

 

I agree it'll be a unique layout once complete and the track and train already mean its in the top class and look great. The effort taken not will be rewarded later when you get power through it too :).

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