I have just managed to finish painting the latest SM32 stock for the Garden Railway Show tomorrow. Although they are painted, I will not have time to varnish or weather them, but at least they will be there.
Latest Stock Painted (SM32)
Year: 2021
Garden Railway Show 26/6/21
This morning Graham, John and myself put 4000 Yards – Area 5 up in the garden for a final run and check before its appearance at this Saturdays Show.
As well as checking everything out and a general clean, we also added two more trees and added some Shells and Boxes to a wagon. We also checked out the latest traction for the layout, a simplex open frame unit that Graham has 3D printed and assembled himself, my task is to now get it painted in 2 days!!! fingers crossed.
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N Gauge Baseboard Development
After making the two 1200 x 900 boards, it was decided to enlarge the layout and two more boards 900 x 400 were ordered. I knew the lead time for these boards was about six weeks when I ordered them, but I had little choice so I waited.
These boards turned up Tuesday and I made them straight away. Over the last two days I have added the new boards to the originals and each of the two boards now measures 1600 x 900. This makes the overall layout 3200 x 900.
The boards all went together really well. I doweled between the original boards and the extra boards to ensure they were very strong.
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More 3D print developments by Graham
Graham has been busy with his 3D printer doing Wagons and Loads for his SM32 Layout ‘Area 5 – 4000 Yards’., The items have now come to me for painting and weathering, this needs to be done in readiness for the Garden Railway Show at Peterborough late June.
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Cradles and Drums added to S & T ZXV
This wagon is now completely finished with the cradles and drums added. It was made by Graham, painted and weathered by myself and finished off by Graham. I think more S & T wagons are likely to happen over the next few months.
The wagon is being displayed on Morlock Heath, this layout has now passed to Graham and is available for Exhibitions.
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Stabling Point update 11.5.21
The wiring is now complete on both boards. With my Sons help we joined the boards and tested every aspect for running. Thankfully it all worked very well with not a single problem. Below are some photos of the joined layout and the Locos used to test it.
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Stabling Point Update – 10.5.21
Spent all day yesterday on board two. All isolating sections have been added and just need soldering to the on/off switches. The isolating switch box has been added and switches put in place, albeit two more need to be obtained.
All back boards have been added.
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Stabling Point Update -9/5/21
I thought I had finished board one of the new layout – but I decided to add shelves in the fiddle yard. Below are three photos of the finished items, they will hold wagons and small to medium Loco’s when not running on the layout. This means at smaller Exhibitions I can do away with a table.
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Stabling Point Update 7/5/21
Board one is now ready for scenics, the wiring and back boards are all in place and tested. The first engine has been run and all works very well. The next task I hope to do is to move to the second board and bring that up to the standard of the first board.
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Stabling Point – Update 2/5/21
Between showers today I managed to continue with work on the Stabling Point – board one. I have drilled the hole in the On/Off switch Box, added another scenic back board and started on the bridge that is the start of the fiddle yard/sector plate.
I have designed the fiddle yard so that as well as storing/switching on the sector plate, I can also store two Locos on tracks one and four inside the fiddle yard.
