enginelane

Apart from the junction signal I reckon that is it for Kiln Lane.enjoyed building it and using up bits and things in stock. I have another ex Vimes Street fiddleyard left, might see what I can make of that! 
 

Completing all the little jobs today including making a couple more cassettes. Added more weathering powders to sidings 

The flying Leads on the ends of the cassettes were getting pulled so made up some sockets and then some jumper Leads as a trial. 

Running trains revealed that the fiddleyard boards are too narrow and more space required to store additional cassettes and stock. Found a piece of thin ply and some off cuts to extend the apron by 10 cms on both boards.

This mornings modelling session is mostly bauxite. Adding missing detail from all those unfinished wagons. 

Just a couple of cameos - post van collecting mail, holding up bus ,

couple of workers exchanging a greeting as they pass by on the lane bridge 

Black wash using lampblack watercolour added to ballast and track.

Vegetation and additional layers of ground cover added. Sidings attempted to have sand spillage over time . When dried will add a wash of black over all ballast 

Scrub grass and some Bush added 

In the Spirit of using materials in stock then base ground cover added by Woodland Scenics. It’s a funny brown and hoping colour will fade when dry. Bag said £1.50 so I think it’s been around awhile! 

Ballast added today. Not one of my favourite tasks but at least not a lot to do. Worked the point blades a few times to ensure they are not glued up. Left to dry overnight.

Track painted, and inside house as bit nippy out in the wind today. 
set up some stock to test clearances on points and sidings. Not likely to be ever this busy when running but looks like 5 in each of the industry sidings plus 8 in the front siding means long length trains can run and be shunted. 

Catch point arrived today and installed onto siding 1 thus protecting the main running line 

Raining so no garage clearing but used up odds and sods to create a storage and transport box for DCC system. Just needs a cable holder for the mains lead to be fitted 

Set up utility room where floor if known to be flat and adjustments made where needed. Trains ran!

Sorted out the cassettes, might still need modification, Trains ran from end to end, Big Cat decided to inspect first hand 

It should but do not have one, using stuff I had in store or off other defunct projects.  I have a damaged point that I will see if I can make into one 

so far the layout has cost me the wood to make the trestles it will sit on and a tube of superglue. 
 

to complete it I have ground signals from an old layout, buffer stops from the same source. I might need to get some more ballast 

Cool but tolerable afternoon outside and backscene and bridges all glued in. Tested cassettes and Sod’s law tight against each other so modifications will have to be made 

All bits more or less in place for Kiln Lane. Job list completed 

Brick paint and a black wash for mortar courses added to signal box and bridge at end a 

Weather ended up not as bad as forecast so fourth trestle made and all Kiln Lane erected outside.

3 out of the 4 trestles built and main board plus end A in place. Shelf in place to hold power cab and transformer 

No progress yesterday as at the TT1 meeting for NYMR.  Today built 2 simple folding trestles with a height of 108 cms. Made a shelf to support the NEC base unit and shelf stops trestles moving in or out.

Not the best of days as found out lost Exhibition venue for November 2020 but Kiln Lane runs! Need to tidy up the wiring and then work on track and scenery.