Clovelly Road - Tracklaying 3
I made the track laid yesterday slightly too short. But this was solved by pre-curing a short piece of track to place the point in the correct position.
The stages are remove the rail from the sleeper, then bend to the required radius. It is difficult to bend the last 20mm or so of a rail length. Therefore I allowed 20mm extra on both ends, bent the rail and then trimmed the 20mm off each end.
It is essential with any track laying, that you don't trim the section to the exact length, until absolutely necessary. My grandma always said when cutting material, when dress making, measure twice and then cut once. I have found this excellent advice when laying track too.
Once the track laying was complete I was able to trim the foam base.
No Lisa my layout, as you see, is not totally pointless after all.
Julie
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