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Now that spring is here and the juices are stiring I think I'll be making a big push.

I'll try and keep this updated as I go.

 

It's my intention that it will be mainly a goods depo with plenty of shunting, quite a bit of grime and with as many hidden load changes as I can manage.

 

That may mean some of my drawn plan loads might get changed for some thing else.

 

Regards

Hello

Not much done recently, plan now finished loose lay down of track to plan.
Then did some test lays of track/ballast using your Das method but using copydex 100% to hold the track then paint with ballast on top. Also tried a foam break under track using copydex 100% but thought this a waste of time.
From these test I've decided to do this:>


1.Lay track directly onto baseboard in 100% copydex
2.Pour ballast onto track shake/brush into place
3.Use copydex mix of 30% to 70% water with a splash of meths to break surface tension added through a pipette
4.Paint up
5.In areas of hard standing use Das smoothed flat for cement and press a brass tube suitably ovaled into it for cobbled areas.
6.As 4

I've done a trial hole drilling through the copydex and if a pre "X" is cut with a knife where the hole is to be drilled this ensures it dosen't wind a line of latex up around the drill bit..

Thanks to Martin Wynne of Templot, 0-6-0 Hunslet and 85A models fame for that tip. http://www.templot.com/

Waiting for some rail joiners from C&L [exactoscale] both plastic and brass types so I can begin in ernest track laying..

Slow but progress



Regards

Nope all change see here >>> http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/84521-king-street-goods/&do=findComment&comment=1414607