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Close, but not quite a cigar

Ian J.

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The first full assembly. With the living room floor cleared, I have been able to do a test assembly of the left and right throat boards, to check their overall alignment in combination with the old curves from a previous test layout build. It was very nearly spot on. Unfortunately the natural variability of a less skilled hand made build has meant that there's a slight gap between the two fill-out boards added to the curves. I'd already added 9mm ply ends to them as I knew they'd come out short, but even that was not enough. I am going to have to add two 6mm ply boards to them to fill the gap. Otherwise, it's not far off.

 

I thought I'd let my recently won Dean Goods do the honours of being the first loco to sit on the assembly, with the templates in place, and the first of the code 83 turnouts in possible places too.

 

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I really like the look of these baseboards. There's something very artistic about  them. Mount them vertically in an art museum and people would pay to see them :) 

 

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They're nothing like as refined as an artwork in real life, unfortunately. Some joins show the roughness of the assembly, and the edges are still splintered/splintering at the moment. I am getting some wood filler, sanding sealer and varnish to try and reinforce the edges and protect the boards generally. I'm undecided on whether i might paint them to cover up my markings for the construction. Also, remember that they are intended to have the storage siding boards and the scenic section between the left and right halves as shown. But as they are they kind of make a good test layout :)

 

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