Started the morning by fitting the two sector plates and cutting the track on the right board. Everything was going so well that I decided to do a trial fit of the backscenes to see what it would look like in the end. The two right hand bits have been cut to fit round the framing, the left hand piece hasn't (so sits a lot higher, and needs the drill to keep it upright.

Having disappeared for a couple of hours, and with the heating combating the weather, I came back, and decided to have a play with some stock to see how well things fit (and to get an idea of where to put the section breaks). I'll put all those photo's in another post, but only when I put them on the computer did I notice this:

That's a lot of edge of cork showing on the sector plate. A bit more investigation revealed that both the sector plates were beginning to look like bananas. The little one for the branch wasn't too bad - and was bent down at the ends so matched the main board quite well (albeit with a noticeable initial incline). The main plate was high at the ends - and having removed it to look at, was far too warped to be able to fix. I had a search through the bits of wood I had left, and all were distorted to some extent - either I haven't been storing them very well, or they came mishapen. Lesson of the day - check the wood you're buying, and don't accept anything with a little bend "that will come out if left flat". I picked the flattest bit that was left, and cut that down to size. Of course, flattest doesn't mean flat, so it instantly sprang into a banana like shape - but this time I thought about it and glued the cork on the raised side - hopefully come fitting it will allow the track to match up properly.

As I couldn't do anything with the sector plates, I decided to fit the backscenes - a fun job when you decide to do it upside down so they'll fall out easily. Cue much clamping and fitting of blocks to hold things in place while the glue set...