Return to Tutbury.
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Three years on and history repeats itself as Colwyn Bay Goods returns to Tutbury village hall for The 2mm Association's supermeet. My thanks to John Aldrick for the invite and to everyone else involved with putting on another enjoyable show.
Work has been quietly progressing in the background since the layouts previous outing and below is a quick summary.
- Set up at Tutbury with temporary foamboard fiddle yard wall clamped in place.
The largest leap in progress has been the installation and wiring of the fiddle yard track. This used the 2mm Association's pegged turnout kits operated via Cobalt DCC point motors directly connected to the plastic tie bars provided in the kit. All nice and simple to aid reliability.
Next came the first scenic feature to be added to the layout. The yard concrete pads were created using Woodland Scenic's road system called Smooth-It. This plaster style mix was applied between a balsawood frame superglued to the baseboard to contain the liquid mess until it dried hard ready for final sanding.
Much procrastination was brought to a sharp stop when ballasting was finally undertaken. This used Tremendous Earth products after the larger parts were graded out, then fixed down with a diluted matt PVA solution.
The plywood backscene was dusted off and after many years was screwed into place. A temporary paper sky was added to gauge the radius required for the final installation. Also of note, the extruded polystyrene embankments are seen taking shape in the background.
To produce the iconic tunnel portal a heavily kit based Peco moulding was combined with my own brick arch etch.
And finally, this week, the sculpamould has be applied to the extruded foam.
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