Pathetic progress this week as work is getting in the way but a tame start has been made on the first two PCB turnouts, with sleepers in place in preparation for the first rails to be laid. As only the rails will be visible alongside the dries I've only laid every third sleeper to speed the process. This may yet prove to be a bad idea if the rails are not sufficiently supported, in which case I'll sneak in another one in each gap.
When I got to this point and tried to straighten the coiled rail to lay on the sleepers, I belatedly realised there's bound to be a jig for this, at which point I had a quick rummage around the 2mm Association shop list and found one (shop ref 1-218 ). I may well invest in this very soon but in the meantime, here goes anyway:
To lay the plain track I'm planning on clipping the first rail to a straight edge using paperclips to get a straight edge, then using triangular gauges to lay the other rail. With only 52 days to go until Christmas, I should have this - along with my previous attempt in easitrac - all complete, wired and operational by then!
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