After a furious rush to finish the layout boards on the last club meeting before the open weekend we managed to get all the boards built and assembled and ready for track laying. Peter Chatt one of our new members managed to get my layout plans blown up to full size which could be layed on the board and make laying the track a lot quicker.
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| Here we see Jem and Ian taking abreak from studying the plans to pose cheesely for the camera. |
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| Back to work guys |
Above you can see the full size plans allow us to position the track immediatly. Drill and pin it through the paper then cut and remove parts of the paper from underneath the track.
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| It might look as if they are doing a bit of welding on the layout but the lighting in the often means you are working in your own shadow so extra lighting is often needed for close work. |
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| The complicated point arrangement at the station entrance is coming together. |
By the Sunday most of the front of the layout had track laid. In the photos below you can see where the paper plans have been cut away from where the track has been laid leaving parts where track is still be fitted.
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| Ian chats with another club member while he lays track |
So by the end of the weekend the front two boards had most of the track down and we even managed to get a train two running.
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| I know it looks like they are playing with trains but they are doing essential track testing. Honest! |
I know there hasn't been much sign of me in these photos and that's not just because I was behind the camera but because I was doing modelling demonstration at the other side of the hall.
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| There I am discussing my model buildings with a visitor while my beloved wife Tracy demolishes her lunch behind me. (Photo by Irene Taylor) |
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