Well, I bit the bullet!

One of the reasons the layout has been taking so long was that I was not happy with one of the baseboard joins....Weeeeell , actually I stuffed up. It turned out I had not put enough adhesive at some of the joints which allowed sag. So at the join I cheated and sanded the cork down.

WRONG move!

When I found the issue I sorted it out but left the cork and just put packing under.

Now I have said I am not into DCC...that is partly due to a fear of electronics (is that electrophobia), although I have no interest in DCC anyway. So I have gone merrily on my way and made my points and single slips etc.

Because I started this blog to get me fired up to try to keep it updated I started to wire it all a couple of days ago.

Got one track going but wasn't happy with the performance and so this set me about pottering trying to sort the issue.

I cleaned the track, I recleaned the track. I used the multimeter on it, it showed power. I reused the multimeter, no power?????

Aha, At the tiebar, I found the faintest of spark...not all the time but it was there.

That's not right!

The PCB tiebar has a cut in it to stop shorts..........

I have used pins for the rail to be able to move a bit rather than solder it sold

DING, DING, DING....Dopey Dimwit here has, made the cut at the top but forgotten the bottom which also has a copper coat.

After unsoldering the tiebar, sure enough it wasn't cut, so I duly did the next and them the loco's crawled along...BEAUDIFUL!!!

Well like I said above, I have bitten the bullet, lifted all the track in the area of the down end of the yard, replaced the cork so it is all correct now, and put the cuts in the bottom of the tiebars for the other points and single slip.

So while the glue is drrying a bit on the cork, I am sitting here having a cuppa, writing this before going out and tackling the reassembly of the trackwork.

We live and learn.....