So trackbuilding progresses at a sedate pace in the `senior` scale..... The way I had made the `servo` assisted crossing gates meant that I needed to fix them in place on the diorama before driving the `railroad` through.....

I`m not gluing the track in place yet but am building in `sets` as I go along.....

I`ve halted at the turnouts as I need to fabricate some 7mm sized turnout operating units.

I `m intending to use the same system I have used in 4mm......angle cranks above and below baseboard connecting with rod and tube....

These are some 7mm trade offerings I`ve gathered over the past year and have managed to make some robust units...

The C&L turnout kits I`ve had for sometime and used rather thin paxolin as stretcher bars which I fabricated a holed lug as the attachment point for the actuator rod.

thank goodness you can get 14BA nuts and bolts !!!!