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More track laying and the first point servos fitted

Fen End Pit

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Inspired by an excellent day out at the Peterborough Festival of Model Railways I launched into more track building. The turnout from the down mainline into the yard got finished as well as the rest of the down line on this first baseboard. Much pushing of wagons and coaches around has followed. I'm generally quite please with the way it looks.

 

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The mirror is not because i have suddenly got particularly vain about my appearance but because it is an excellent tool to look along the track and spot any kinks.

 

I also had a go at fitting the first Servos to the Turnout-operating-units under the board, Both these parts have been cut in 3mm Acrylic on the laser cutter which has saved time over making them by hand. They have proved very easy to fit and I was able to put on 4 and get them adjusted over the course of this evening.

 

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Control for the servos is from a MERG Servo4 board. Please ignore the rest of the wiring, this is all just temporary so I could drive a loco around. The dropper wires (blue and red) will be connected to some copper foil tape for the DCC power later on.

 

David

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David

 

The trackwork looks very nice - smooth curves are lovely, both on railway layouts and women!!!!!

 

One question - is there a chance you could sometime write an article on the tiebars you've used and how you made the TOU's? I'm just getting round to building a layout and the problem of how to make points look and work realistically is a difficult one. I'm contemplating Ambis tiebars and have Tortoise motors - it's the connection of the two that I haven't got my head round yet.

 

Thanks

 

Phil

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