Sunday 9 October 2011

Meeting - Sunday 9th October 2011

A truly momentous session today!

Unbelievably, we seem to have settled on the final track plan, and today we made the first tentative steps towards the scenics.

We replaced the old back-boards, which were riddled with access holes, with some new, plain boards using the 3mm MDF that Allen supplied. Then Ken painted the front faces of the backboards in a pale blue sky colour.






"Yellow Peril" poses in front of the newly painted back-scene.



We began to fill in the timber-yard area, raising the ground level towards rail-level. At the next meeting we will be filling the area, burying the sleepers.

The first piece of "3D" scenery appeared near the timber-yard entrance. This hillock hides the complex set of micro-switches that switch the power in the three-way turnout.


Y.P. passes our first "hillock".











To prevent the back-scene sheets from warping, we painted the back of them in matt black.


The tasks for our next meeting are:
  • Cover the rest of the point motors (more hillocks)
  • Begin ballasting
  • Prepare bases and card mock-ups for the proposed buildings