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    And now assembled, I’ve put a base coat of colour on the rails and the concrete. (There’s nothing worse than seeing shining solder down gaps...) I’ve got a bit of filling to do to lose the plasticard gaps...
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    Ok, I’ve taken the advice and soldered the rail to copper clad sleepers....
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    Now I’ve cut the centre pieces. The lower piece goes right under the rail and is in two bits. The upper piece I had a couple of goes at cutting, first with trying to measure using a rule. Er nope - nowhere near accurate enough. The second time I used the track gauge to measure slipping the knife blade down the side of the check gauge, bingo. Only loosely fitted at present. That’s the neat crisp look I was after.
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    I’m going to put some Araldite under the rail to hold it further - it’s only held with impact at the minute.
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    Now the other side. Clearly we need to ensure gauge for this bit.
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    I’ve decided to try a different approach - avoiding any sleepers of any kind. I’m hoping this will give it cleaner lines. I’ve laminated two lots of plasticard to get me to just below rail height, stuck them to the board and then stuck the rail to the side of them. It could work...
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    I’ve just made a start on laying the track through the fuel delivery road.
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    I never cease to be fascinated by the information available in the hobby. A friend of mine has just sent me a link to a website called doublearrow.co.uk What a great resource, as relevant now as it was then. This will come in very handy when I get around to the layout name sign.
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    ha ha Good point, well made!
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    Inbound.... This ones got the correct numbers stamped on, so now we’ve got the right tackle...
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    I spent half an hour last night marking out the area for concrete apron on the fuel delivery road. I’ve cut some copper clad sleepers to a minimum length to solder the rails to - there’s no point using up Exactoscale sleepers and chairs as they’re not seen. Also seen is part of the buffer stop kit - checking for fit - they’re longer than you think on a minimum space layout...
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    Scalefour society stores have come straight back, correct jig in the post tomorrow. Boom! Great service.
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    And finally, for the jigs, the crossing V filing jig. However - it’s the wrong one - I’ve ended up with one stamped 9, 10, 11 & 12. I actually wanted the 5, 6, 7 & 8 one. No matter - I’ll sort it...
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    Next we’ve got a flangeway gauge. Quite small and lose-able...
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    Inbound. A few bits arrived today from the Scalefour society stores. First off is this jig for filing the switchblades. It’s stamped for switch size A, B, C & D. I’ll be using B switches.
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    Just bought one of these... The Inverness one - obviously. For me this is one of the signature items of rolling stock that will ‘place’ the layout... I’ve no idea what’s involved in converting it to P4 so fingers crossed.
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    You’re not the only one not following this thread...
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    Well, I checked them all a couple of times and still didn’t spot it. It seems to be one of my failings this.
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    Oh heck That took me ages to spot....
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    I’m still flicking through old pictures. Quite how this north eastern beastie got down to BZ is anyone’s guess...
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    Me moaning about chair threading has inspired you to - chair thread... ha ha
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    It’s like you’re trying to serenade me...
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    The Mint’s rocked up - Good news - it fits on the track I’ve already built. Phew
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    Phew. Looking through the earlier posts, this project has been on pause a couple of years, it’s amazing where the time goes... I guess like most things modelling occurs in fits and starts - the main thing is you have to be up for it and in the right frame of mind. If not you’re just wasting your time. It’ll come around again...
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