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bulleidboy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 11:34 pm Good progress James. I think I would have used Peco Inspections pits - they come with either Codee 100 or 75 track, and would have saved you carving up the sleepers - I appreciate once "concreted" in place, they look as they should.

Yes, in retrospect, that may have been easier!

Interesting photos showing good progress. Just curious, what did you use to mark out the track plan prior to tracklaying? The people who made the baseboards managed to print this onto the baseboards from SCARM using a special printer. This is, apparently, the first time that they have done this, an...

I see that I have not posted here in a long time! Work on this is coming on very slowly. I was substantially delayed at the beginning of the year because of building works in my house which have carried on far longer than were anticipated and are still not fully complete. I have made some progress, ...

You will need to post a picture of what the photograph that the photographer is taking would have been once you have painted them!

Chops wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:59 pm You are a brave soul. Ballast is tricky business, particularly with points, of which Bournahempton has a wealth.

It has to be done at some point! But there is less risk of jamming the mechanism ballasting in this way than in the more conventional fashion.

Your are making good progress James. I pinned my track down, but used PVA for the ballast - a messy job, but looks good when dried. I shall have to see how the two techniques compare. For touching in the ballast in areas where the initial stick has not been enough, I will have to use the convention...

Some progress: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53227697834_a11a735196_k.jpg Laying out the track by James Petts , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53389554828_aa818ac5ce_k.jpg Track sticking and ballasting in progress by James Petts , on Flickr I have started the track laying, wirin...

Crew almost ready for duty - although they appear to have the slight sheen that Steve experienced - I used the same matting agent that Steve used - a bit more experimenting required :roll: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53403125512_5c9bbcf296_k.jpg IMG_1655 by Barry Clayton , on Flickr Very ni...

Those look good - but 150 is a lot of figures!

Summer's over - back to work :o an illuminated telephone box outside the station. Have yet to attach the door as I am looking for the right person to be entering to make a call. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53257143578_18fa1bc59d_k.jpg IMG_1609 by Barry Clayton , on Flickr That is a joy!