Yesterday (02/04/17), the plan was to finish the baseboards, ready for a parcel from Hattons today. Luckily, at about 1:15, a well-awaited parcel arrived, containing the last 4 turnouts for the scenic section, 6 rolls of 3mm cork, measuring 914x610mm (2 per baseboard), 6 SEEP point motors for the scenic sections, and 2 Peco side-mounted motors for the fiddle yard. The contents of the parcel are shown below.
By the end of the day (we worked from about midday to 11pm), we had more or less finished the baseboards, and had cork down on two of the boards. This shows the cork being weighed down to allow the glue to dry with the cork flat.
Today was spent levelling out the baseboards, and loosely laying out the track. The first train was run at about 3.40pm. This shows some of the track being laid out loosely. A selection of rolling stock has also been placed on the track. The stock is a mix of mine and one of my mates.
I have a video of the first 2 trains, but can't figure out how to transfer them to my laptop (old Nokia phone), so when I can figure out how to transfer them over, I will upload a video of the first train.
Peter
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