More done to the layout. The final 2 scenic boards have been wired and tested. I have also started adding the scenic base (in the form of foam) to 2 of the boards. This will be covered with a filler to create a hard shell. The combination of the foam and filler gives a strong yet light board and also allows for the solid fixing of trees etc.

The Tomix train set got some testing and while it worked reliably and smoothly with the diseasels there were issues with Mr Cranky, the Sonic J50. He certainly didn't like points and crossovers directly connected to a curve.

Amazingly, there was a piece of scrap framed 9mm ply about the size required to put a little space before the points, so it got added along with a 140mm straight extension between the right side curves and the points. Mr Cranky, who is very fussy, particularly running bunker first, is now smooth into and through the points.




Mark

Swearing a lot at some old track.

I had a space, a plan and a piece of board plus a pile of old Fleischmann piccolo track (Set track type stuff but not quite so set-track as Peco). Having assembled it all and started testing I've discovered all the double slip crossings I cunningly used to make the fiddle yard extra effective don't actually power route.

Going to have to do some rearranging.

Laying track to fit the plan of 'Bletchford'

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=879204

Another small revision today to avoid a batten just where a point was required. I looked at moving the batten but would have had to dismantle too much so I just moved the point so as to be able to fit underboard point motors