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David.

Coming along very nicely, I'd say. Your rendition of the diamond pattern edging blocks looks particularly effective.

Working out the best layout of rods and signal wire pulleys outside the box is quite tricky. It took me a couple of goes to figure out something reasonable for the box on Delph/Holt, where I found the pulleys to be the main problem.

Looking at your arrangement, I would imagine that the two outer cranks aught to be some sort of reversed accommodation cranks to give greater clearance to the corners of the platform wall opening. I don't know if such cranks existed in practice.

Dave.

Just in case you haven’t seen it, the 2mm Association do a wee booklet about point ridding, see:

http://www.2mm.org.uk/products/nms/index.html

 

I got a copy at the recent York exhibition but have only flicked through it.  Seem to recall it got a good review somewhere, perhaps in MRJ?

 

Would a platform surface be so black?  If it is meant to be tarmac would agree not be more appropriate?  e.g. look at roads, probably only black when freshly laid.

 

impressed with progress!

Excellent work David.  Exactly what I would have expected from a man of your talents.

 

Chris Turnbull