Hi All,

it has been a while since I posted a thing here, but due to an unusually quiet weekend.... some progress!

Firstly, Victoria Bridge in N....

Using a pillar drill with a 2mm drill bit, I finally got around to creating the precision holes for the structural toothpicks...

However, the holes have turned out rather too precise, the toothpicks fit too snugly into the holes and make it impossible to slide the bridge parts to the right spacing... or at least not without bending of toothpicks,buckling of bridges and stabbing of fingers! Next step, use the drill to tease the holes out a little, so that the toothpicks fit, but can slide!

Also, whilst pondering bridges.. found a plastic viaduct in a bag of N gauge bits picked up from a sale a while back. The bag of bits was purchased as it was going for a good price, and contained some useful wagons. The viaduct had a length of N gauge track set into the top of it, but was massively undersized (at least comapared to all the viaducts I have ever encountered).. so it went in the drawer with all the other potentially useful 'stuff'.

Mmmmm.... maybe at 1:450 scale... beginning to think of T gauge Cornish branch lines again!

(Mug of tea for scale!)

Could be fun!