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Had a busy day today but I didn't achive a lot, worked on the corner spiral module cutting the legs and screwing the legs onto the module and adding hinges, have decided to modify the module by cutting it back a foot where the suburban track is and cutting back 18 inches on the temporary main line. I may be best buying an off cut piece from Bunning tomorrow., the problem is they come in 1200mm long 19mm short of 4ft , I will try out joining the two pieces together first to make 4ft.have done that before with no problems, sadly the track has to come off and unsolder the feeder wires.
Pic one and Sydney Central suburban rail bridge I be modelling with the aches as well showing the path way arch both sides of the street, the pics are of street view from Google Earth I use a lot what I am modelling , pic two and the SC bus lane as well, pic 3 is both modules together, where the missing sleepers on the first module are is the join for the lift out section, with the lift out section down I am modelling East Perth station terminal where the Indian Pacific ends her journey across Australia will make hat journey one day.
Another day on the corner module again tomorrow modifying it, having trouble joining the two modules together, this will sort it out, making the lift out section 4feet long, more pics tomorrow., hope it is ok to post Google earth pics
Tony from down under
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Evening vjonesiong, no worries be keeping a close eye on your progress as well very good work there.
Do you go away for Easter, hate to think what your roads are like holiday time ours are bad enough and can't cope with the traffic north and south high ways. and 4 lanes wide on the south coast WHY same up Caboolture north coast WHY, and they charge double the price for a unit close to the beach.
Enjoy Easter.
Tony from down under.
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Afternoon vjoniong, yeah I could also turn those tacks into a container or piggy back yard, the length of the yard is 18feet and going to have at the other end track that will move along to each tack so the locos can run move out the way.
Wont be going DCC straight away later on I will be, I have two remote control throttles I be using for the main line and two walk around type for local use or on the main line if I have more the two people running on the layout., I hope to be starting on my main control panel after the spiral is finished built , painted and track laid down.
That is pure awesome your garden railway which is coming along nicely I could do the same but my yard isn't all level like ours same with the pergola the car pot is 12 inches difference to the pergola, a pity as I could of moved more out into the yard pity.
I am planning a busy weekend this Easter, have being busy in looking at a different way to bold the spiral corner module to the first station and finishing off the bus panels and wring.
Everyone have a great Easter
Tony from down under.
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Hi MRG Hooper, many thanks I would say the same as well with your links on 3/D printing 00m scale Indian railways, could you be able to print a row of 10 pedestal fencing and what would it cost, I am modelling Sydney Central in 1/87 scale and the station building has a heap of those fencing,, have never heard of 00m before is the scale larger than 00 or smaller.
Tony from down under
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Morning vjonesiong, many thanks, yes agree was sad would of being a great to see the trains running.
I am planning a four track staging yard may be five being on a budget holds me back but I get the there, when my station complex expands, I have on the drawing board a vertical staging yard in the garden shed.
I can't wait to run the first test loco on the spiral was hopping April but not to be taking a lot longer than I thought, this weekend I am spending a few days on the layout, Friday finishing off the corner spiral module and heading over to the last station module finishing the bus wiring, go two more bus wire panels that slide up inside the module , aiming for the end of June.
How is your new layout going.
Tony from down under.
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Had a good day yesterday with the carpenters department, finelly cut the piece of ply that filled the final gap to the spiral decking and rebuilt the spiral corner module, still have to fix up the modle legs made them 5mm's too long easy fix rather be longrtthan too short
The spiral corner module legs I repositioned them to inside the modul frame before the legs were on top of the frame making to bulky to store the module much better now and tidier too, need to cut the legs down the middle of them to the same width they well on the old way that will be the next job on the weekend..
Once I finish the bus wiring I be moving onto the spiral cutting the last curved track decking from the spiral S bend connecting the back corner module, all the track decking is cut now, the deck bridge being the last decking to cut, be a big job building the double deck cable stay bridge.
Nearly there.
Tony from down under
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Hi Vjneslong (Matthew) what a shame you scrapped that was one awesome layout I love you viaduct, good video as well at least you have the pics to look back on and me as well. and more on Flicrk
One good thing is you reused the 16mm track for your new adventure,, a members from my old train club modelled 32mm on HO scale track, I could go the same way buying a loco and rolling stock something different., like those small locos.
One thing my layout is lacking is a staging yard once the main line is up and running I will add a 4 track staging yard till I start working on stage two of the station complex adding three more modules, modelling Sydney Central station with 9 terminus track, platforms 1to3 is what the famous Indian Pacific starts her journey across Australia, I have a 18 Australian Lima passenger cars and two IP colour scheme and IP logo locos can make up 28 cars that completes the train in peak holiday season..
Also be three through suburban platforms, I am hopping to buy Bachmann's Virgin Doctor Who DMU 5 car set already have the Cross country set, very simular in design to QLD's QR EMU electric suburban sets.
Can't do anything tomorrow on the layout instead going to start drawing up to full HO scale double deck bridge, can't work out the clearance out till I complete the decking in the car port end and from the spiral other end, hope to be 12 inches can then build a decent model ro-ro ship link in the pic
Be looking forward to seeing some of your pics in 32mm scale .
Tony from down under
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Hi vjonesiong, many thanks yes the only way I csn have a big layoutt is go garden railway, at least if the train does derail hasn't got far to fall the station modules being 12 inches of the grougn because of the pergolar floor not being level from the car port, only a coupld of inches car port end.
I am amazed thre are a lot of members over here fromt his forum, sadly I am the only one keeping the 00HO garden railway alive, soon I be moving from the construction thread to the garden railway thred not far away..
Same here with HO scale mine aren't as well my locos costing $295 for the dearest ones, I am working on my older locs bringing them back to life bay be re-motoring them with the way the RR locos and rolling stock is going soon be out of my reach and have to start scratching some trains
That would be awesome 00 scale brass do you have pics of them, I am looking into scratch building a US loco they only built one proto type sadly one was bought out in brass, mine be out of styrene getting the right ruining gear steam turbine .
http://www.trainweb.org/tusp/ace%20model.html
Also got on the drawing board a Garratt on the NSW A60 Garratt, that loco is out of my reach to buy a good one..
What scale are you modelling now.
Tony from Down under.
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Hi Narrow Minned, many thanks, haven't being on the layout wiring for a couple of days, I bought 5 double speaker wire plugs I use for the main bus wiring and four 25way computer plugs will need more of those computer plugs when I start wiring the signal and point motors, am hopping to try out servo motors, is there any threads on this forum on that topic..
Now I got the extra plugs I can start working out the size of the main module panel that connects to the control panel, still so much work ahead, looked at wire at a spare parts shop Jar-car today they only sell rolls of 10metre wire 2.4mm diameter inner 7amps
I be starting work on planning the double deck bridge as well soon , working out and marking the framing that support the road deck and the framing brackets for the cable stays be 5mm dowel.
It is 755am your side of the world amazing same day 11.55pm west coast of America yesterday where my friend lives .
What's it like in the UK now, it is cooling down here we had 25 degrees here day, back up to 32 degrees next week.
Tony from down under.
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Morning Narrow Minded, yeah going to be a big day of celebrations and working out what locos I will use that meet together at the golden spike ceremony, going to have ribbon cutting as wall with the first loco coming onto the bridge, could use NSW 38 class steamy 3801 and the flying Scott they did double head when the Flying Scott visited down under 1988.
I am modelling the Osborn double deck cable stay bridge between Denmark and Sweden, I couldn't fit the bridge in too long, cut the main span back to 12feet the full length 27feet in four six foot sections, main tower 7feet high water clearance will have to wait hopping to be 12 inches to scale. After I finish the station module wiring be moving onto the spiral have, redesigned it to 10feet by 7feet dropping down quarter inch a foot about 25 feet in length down to a drop of 6 inches.
What part of the world do you live in where can I find you on the forum, you post was posted 22.21 pm , 11.20tony from down under in the UK now.
Not much happening till Friday finishing off the second module panel., at the moment I have to work out bus wiring blocks coming from the back of the layout two blocks, two from the side of the layout and the blocks that are coming from the station and main line , can go through a 100metre roll of wire pretty quick, ringing my Nephew he is an Electrical and asking if he uses hook up wire a lot and order my in a couple of rolls depending on the price, no wire wholesalers in Ipswich..
Tony from down under
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Hi Narrow Minded, many thanks this is what keeps me pushing on, love the forum, today I finished the second bus wire plug panel ready for painting, started marking out the third plug panel at the other end of the third station module, it sure takes time working on your own be good if I had some help, got it down to a fine art now in the carpenter department and having three drills makes it easy as well can do a project in one day, most of my power tools are 18volt batter except the Dremel. drill .
I have designed the layout, being on a budget makes it hard but building the layout slowly I will get there, started building in 2014, working on it to get a loco running mid year.
Tony from down under.
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The latest pics on how I be connecting each module bus wiring, designed to be plug and play and the only time I be on my knees to connect the wires and tighten the boltd using wing nuts no spanners needed , only a screw driver to tighten the bolts on the module legs wing nuts as well...
I have made extension frame on the saw houses to get the modules up higher so I am not bending down and using a painters trestle so I can work on a second module joining the track on the joins and cutting the track too, no more sore backs, wiring I turn the module on its side, days gone getting under the module well can't with this out door layout.
The last pic of the first two station modules joined up, today I hope to make a start on the third station module, it may have three bus wire plug panel on it, that is the module the module that the control panel will connect too.
I lashed out and bought an Irwin wire stripper, pure awesome should of bought this tool years back makes life so much easier especially when coming to strip the bus wires to solder the feeder wires, I saw cutting the wire with a knife took too long that way.
Moving ahead nicely .
Tony from down under
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Yesterday was another full on day with the construction gang, I marked, cut and drilled the holes for the bus wire plug panel on each module,, one on every module , didn't have enough room on the panel to fit all the needed bus wire plugs, have enough room on the right side for a small single double bus wire plug, station double track.
The last station module will have a bus wire panel for all the bus wire blocks from the whole layout, going to take a bit of time to mark that panel out , be in the middle of the module connecting to the main bus wire panel, I am not sure if I will have the control panel with a the track plan marked on it be a huge. control panel. Sine I wont be building the whole station complex modules straight away the station module complex be in two stages, design the main control panel to link up, the point motor, singles and lighting be on a different panel., plug and play set up.
It has being raining all eek here no work on the layout outside or between the pergola and car port is out in the open, good time to finish off the bus wiring on the station modules so I can put them in the garden shed, then be able to move onto the approach module car port end , hols and countersinking the bolt holes for the fold away module legs, painting, track and point laying a lot of points on this module.
This is the only problem with modular layouts takes a lot longer to build mainly the wiring, is coming along, aiming for the big day end of June to run the first train on the layout, I have a large bridge planned for the back of the layout under the pergola , to speed the construction in just going to build the rail deck 27 feet in length, 12foot main span modelled on the Denmark to Sweden double deck cable stay bridge will take some time to complete.
Today I be doing the bus wiring of the second station module the point motors, signals and lighting is on the blue 25way computer plug, got that soldering down to a fine art. come later, never ending job.
Tony from down under
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I would like to start this thread as a new topic no idea where to put any ideas from the admin and members.
This loco is my pride and joy took some time t get running smoothly, the video is the last time she will be running at the club I not going any more net time be on my layout can't wait she is the famous 4472 dual tender Flying Scot , has anyone in the UK done what I gone to show pics and you tube video.
In the video I had some issues with the last three maroon coaches they are from that your model railway layout mag, can't complain cost me $8 au got six of them I wanted to try out the blue coaches a mixture f Lima and Bachman they ran well the other coaches have never run well from the time I bought them sorry in some ways, thing of replacing the bogies to Bachman bogies, worth it to spend a bit of money on them to get them to run ok.
I decided to power the water tender as well and hide the wiring between the two tenders as air hoses club members though that is what ht e wire were meant for.. I also replaced the kadee's for a permeant solid draw bar which worked well no wheel slip on the spiral had in the past I could stop the train and drive off on the ramp without any wheel spin very happy ruined by the derailment in the middle of the video took a bit of time to get all the bogies on the track .
Enjoy the video and pics.
amrr from down under
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I have being work on the extension in front of the station modules that will have a suburban island platform and a passing loop with a second platform,, I like doing mockup modules first to see how the track will go to the track plan, going back two posts I have modified the spiral corner module changing points and adding another siding point for the Indian Pacific auto carrier wagon loading and unloading dock, lots of shunting involved the station is East Perth terminal where the IP ends here journey across Australia.
Pics 2a and 3a link up where the orange cutters are is where the track join is, I be joining the track together with track joiners, the track on the first pic is permanently fixed , would of being too much work to modify the module and the extension would of had of being 15 inches wide and waste all that ply.
Pics 2a and 4a are joined s well I may do the same as I did in the first pic a lot of work to hack into the module ply top, where the flexi track comes in handy.
The last pic is of Sydney central suburban platforms, I be only having four platforms, the reason for the modifying is if you look closer to the google earth pic you ill see a access ramp from the road level up to a small building
the only way I could model the scene is widen the front extension, looking forward to building the extensions after the layout is up and running aiming for June for the big moment.
ozam from down under
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At last I am under way with laying track and linking up the first station module to the corner spiral module, the track on the station modules be a temporary main line till I add on the extension in front of the station modules will have three tracks and an island platform that line will become the main line, depends on the weather today if I decide to and woodturning or work on laying the track done on the other two station modules.
The next job is the painful bus wiring, soldering feeder wires to the bus wires, first I drill the holes beside the track where the feeder wires go then tape the bus wires down beside the track and make where the feeder et soldered onto the bus wires, can't get in under the modules being so low to the ground now, I make the bus up like a car wiring harness drop the same colour wires red and back so when the module is on its side I know where to bush the right colour through the base board.
Turn the module over and solder th feeder wires to the track , very easy, I did the same on the layout before this one,, no more sore shoulders
Good to see the first test coach across the module join, will have to wait till .I solder the feeder wires to the spiral module and station module before I can put any power into it, I actually use those speaker wire plugs got the idea from my surround sound receiver and a lot cheaper to buy as well instead of using those RCA single plugs and sockets, they come in two pairs and one pairs, as in pic five.
Pic three is how I solder the track down on the module join using the brass plated circuit boards works very well and every time I bolt the modules together the tracks line up perfectly, I have come up with a way so I am not bending down nailing track down soldering feeder wires, I set up the two modules together making sure they are level, one I soldered the track to the brass strips I cut the track of course you have to a grove in the brass strip the track will short.
I do the same on the curve sections and spiral as well, the only bending I do is setting the layout up and plugging the wires together, the point motors, and signals I use the 25way computer plugs, cheap enough to buy theses days.
Going to be an exciting day when I run the fist train around the whole layout without any problems, will have to make a start on my control panel, thinking of two different panels one for the bus wires and other for the points and design the bus wiring panel so I can add on as the layout grows.
ozam from down under.
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Hi kevinims, must of forgot to send the post yesterday, , year your are right , but drpends if Jar-car can order it in some shops only have what they order on the shelfs, I will have to get uesed to using the digital one I have,many thanks for the link, I be keeping everyone informed on the progress of wiring the rotary switch. I have learnt for now on the rotary switches will be mounted in the control panel before wiring up the next one, the great news is my trannie will be fixed , it was the bridge rectifier that was the problem , gee the new replacement is half the size that is technology for you same with the trannie in the old transformer it is triple the size to the new ones coming out today.
Got to make a start on the new control panel, the plan is one of my 6 amp trannies will have two throttles wired ,I will have a twelve volt bulb to protect shorts on the track, how is the bulb wired on one wire positive or negative., the second 6amp trannie has two 12volt outlets and one 15 to17volt line, one throttle and the others used for lighting and signals , toe CDA trannie I am getting fixed will have one throttle.
ozam from down under keeping on moving ahea
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Hi David, didn't see any analogue multimeters at Jar car are they easier to use to the digital ones, I have to read through the book again a few times to get the hang of it, mainly got it to check the pins on the rotary and checking the track, other uses will come later, I know the basics in DC , layout construction is coming along nicely .
ozam from down under keeping on moving ahead
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This is my plans for East Perth Terminal the station the Indian Pacific ends her journey,not building Sydney first needs another forth front module, that won happen till next year, once I add on the two terminus track station platfoms I could start the IP off from there temporary set up to start off with East Perth has a terminus platform the IP pulls into and through suburban platform to come later in front.
I posted pic 003 again , modelling the pic Before East Perth station, the cross over in the second pic is at the top of the pic close to the houses, the last pic the platform is 568 metres in length, about 5metres in HO scale, my East Perth terminus station be a through track even when I add on the suburban platform.
Best off looking at Google Earth and type in East Perth .
ozam from down under keeping on moving ahead.
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Morning Jongudmund, many thanks will for sure keep the pics flowing,my Sydney Central is going to s long going project, wont take as long as a friend that built a N scale version took him 7 years and yes I plan to go back in the cooler months to take more pics didn't enough time to walk all over the station complex last October huge place 5 levels, hope my wife can come along stay in Sydney a couple of nights, Working on a second station building East Perth terminal, where the Indian Pacific end her three day journey be building that building first not as much work as Sydney Central.
Not much work on the layout over the weekend too hot on Saturday and going to a meeting Sunday afternoon, the morning are cool can do a bit before it gets too hot late afternoons, painting the station modules, one is ready to lay the track.
ozamrr from down under keeping on moving ahead
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I had a chance to do some work on the layout today, temp was 30 degrees humidity wasn't too bad had a wet shirt, so I decided to improve my spiral made it a foot longer, now 10foot long the radius curve is 7foot wide, got a mixture of curves starting off with a 6foot quarter curve onto a 12foot quarter curve , 6ft in length, onto a short straight to two 6ft quarter curves, 7foot curves into a S bend, the spiral has a 2 percent grade.
Now the job of measuring the height of the legs and cutting them, want to improve the way they fond up too make it easier for storage, at least I don't have to paint most of the curves only the new legs.
Looking at the pics the spiral looks steeper than what it is that is because of the path way makes it hard to get the heights right, on the legs what I came up with is a level jig I made out of wood every 42 inches the spiral drops down an inch and a quarter, quarter inch a foot, the large S bend be level .from the spiral same height as the bottom path way hand rail.
Going to be hot for the next few days again, be working on painting the other station modules in the morning before it starts to get too hot and after tea, time to start working on the new control panel since I have sorted out those rotary switches, will have four throttles two are radio throttles other two walk around throttles or local throttles.
ozamrr from down under keeping on moving ahead
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Hi Ozamrr, impressive layout, wish we had your weather here to get outside more! I have travelled behind NR locos on the Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide, they were red livery. I'll have to look up the numbers. With 57' x 30' you've got the space for some really good trains there.
Hi railroadbill, many thanks this layout is my dream layout, wish I came across HO scale in the garden earlier than I did discover it would be up and running by now, yes I love those long trains too and have being working on building up my double stack container train got three sets of 48ft 5 unit well container wagons makes a pretty long train after more on top of 25 flat container wagons 14 are 60footers rest 40 footers, after more. Building up a trailer spine car train 25 of them makes a long train as well, I have a mixture of older and more modern diesel locos in my fleet, got two DD40 UP locos and two DD40AX's, only have four steam locos, Thomas, Flying Scott 4472 which is a dual powered loco, the Aussie famous 3801 I have which double headed with 4472 when she visited down under, fourth steamy is a German 2-8-2 tank loco, want one more steamy UP's FEF 4-8-4 running number 844 to double head with my DD40AX 6936
osamrr from down under keeping on moving ahead
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all ready to go was over at my firends house today sorting out the rotary switch and used my multimetre to check the poles of the switch Pole A position 1-2-3-4 poles B and C 5 to 9, position 1 position 2 6 to 10 position 3 7 to 11 position 4 8 to 12, the rotary switches be set up in the control panel before soldering the LEDS to the fist 4 positions and covering the bare wires, learnt this as I thought the trannie was in a bad way, it turned out it was the bridge rectifier that was the problem easy fix.
My friend said I can join two throttles together on one 6amp trannie, the walk around throttles are 2 amp and the two remote throttles are 3amp each, I am thinking of wiring a fuse between the two throttles and trannie, I am thinking of wiring in a DPDT switch for direction on rotary switch positon connecting to the track, will that work.
I have a big job ahead building the new control panel being my next project.
Cheers from ozam from down under keeping on moving ahead.
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I managed to paint the in under the first station module this morning before it stated getting hot 9am , it peaked 45 degrees, ouch will have to get a new outside thermometer we use for under the pergola, the old one was't reading over 35, the weather station at the RAAF base Amberley peaked 43 degrees, wont get a chance later on still be 37 degrees at 6pm, will wait till tomorrow morning, cool change coming in on Tuesday, going over to a friends place to sort out the rotary switch problem and he will show me how to use the multimeter as well.
I have made the modules easy to set up with the four legs cut to size after levelling the module, the legs fold away inside the module for easy storage in the garden shed, same with the curved sections to, modules be coded to how they fir in the module track plan too easy. Second pic is the how the first module is bolted to the spiral corner module, go back to the last post and you will see walk ways is what I am modelling, the end board of the module be replaces with cut out arches, that will happen later on after the trains are up and running.
Yesterday I spent changing the floor plan of my Sydney Central station building and platforms so I could move the station building an inch in the last two pics show the covered walk way in under the first level of the building at the other end is two escalators, I am searching for kit escalators as I will need four of them all up, on the other side west side there are two more escalators, have found one seller from the UK be great if any one can give some ideas where to buy the escalator kits from.
This is the reason I moved the building down another inch to make room for modelling the escalators, I had only 2 inches for the walk way from the main building wouldn't of fitted in the two escalators now I have the room, heaps of work a head, the bloke that modelled the N scale version took about 7 years, I wont be modelling the fancy brick work take too long.
I the third pic there be another six piece of ply added with three sets of track and later another scene modelling the famous Amtrak Auto train runs from Lorton to Florida east coast has 16 supper liners plus 23 auto carries I will have to scratch build the auto carriers don't think you can get them in HO scale, I get sick of running Aussie trains change to US trains awesome.
Great to get back into the layout construction the last few weeks have being too dam hot, hate summer, once the station modules are painted will have to move onto the control panel.
Cheers from ozam from hot down under keeping on moving ahead.
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Hi David, that pure awesome more pics please, yeah I would but on a budget I am limited and can't have a perameant layout this is the best way to go how I love to do what you have done and my pergola araea isn't level 12 inches difference, has worked out well, I want to model the raod as welll infront of Sydney Station and can leave the the road for the East Perth station scene.
Have modified the first station module lift out section and now is 4feet long fits in quite well need to strengthen the extended section with 19mm pine timber to hide the bus wiring, also I modified the spiral corner module will tak somce pics tomorrow when I set up the two modules to see how they fit together. Coming along nicely will have to re-nail the track and the bus wiring, this Time I will have to solder in place the brass coated fish plates on the other end of the lift out section where the set square is.
Tony from down under.