We started the baseboard yesterday, then we glued down the printed track plan. Today we laid all the track. Dad will be busy tonight doing all the wiring and soldering. Here are some photos... Baseboard under construction. Track plan getting glued down. Track plan glued. Drilling sleepers for track pins. Lining up the tracks. All track down ! Woo hoo ! Chow, Jack.
Great progress. Should have had you doing the track on the R & GLR. Keep up the excellent work. Cheers Toto.
An excellent start Jack. Take your time and don't try and hurry things. You have years ahead of you yet, not like us oldies on borrowed time.
Nice track work there, you have made a great start Jack Can see it's not going to be long before trains are being tested. Full steam ahead Jack
Jack has done an excellent job today. Now it's up to me to sort out the wiring and explain to him how it all works... Hopefully Jack will have a better idea than myself ! Cheers, Gary.
A chip off the old block, we all know the speed Gary works at, looks like Jack's going to be the same. Remember to test the layout out before progressing beyond the wiring (that is dont forget to play trains - thats an order) Paul
Dad has been busy with the wiring, but it isn't finish yet. He told me that we need a control panel, so we printed a track diagram in colour and mounted it to a framed board. It still need to have the holes cut out of it, to fit the off/on switches and push buttons we bought earlier in the week. All these wires are for the track sections. All the switches for track sections, push buttons for the points and the point motors. The control panel. Chow, Jack.
Nice work Jack and Gary . The panel looks good did you laminate the print? It has very nice even colourings
Hi Chris, Jack is off sleeping now, so I'll answer the question. After printing and prior to gluing to the panel, we gave it a couple of coats of clear matt sealer. I repeated the process after fixing to the panel. Cheers, Gary.
Very nice panel - simple design hiding all the complexity of the magic below Jack you may have to let your Dad have a play - I think he's earned it. Paul
Hi Jack, I'm well impressed with this layout. the control panel is the bees knees. Looks like you have a good stock of electrical switches there. If your dad is doing the wiring ......... let him test it first when finished. If he looks in the slightest bit nervous at switch on ........ dive behind the settee. really terrific. cheers toto
Good one Jack & Gary, Looks like it won`t be long and shunting puzzles will be the order of the day. Keep up the good work. http://www.clickGormo
Got a good surprise this morning when the postie knocked on the door. The two locos dad had ordered me have arrived ! Here they are on dad's Industry Lane plank. Up and down, Bachmann Alco S4 Diesel shunter (switcher). and... Bachmann EMD GP-40. Both locos are DCC ready. Chow, Jack.