01-03-2014, 06:13 PM
Testing from both sides:
Everything smooth enough.
Just a little finishing with a file before the whole can be electrically isolated using a carbide disc in my modelling drill. Finally, a scrub with a suitable abrasive bathroom cleaner using an old toothbrush and then a quick rinse.
Again, the flangeways are intentionally a little generous in width; conversely, the gaps for cross rail are as narrow as I can make them: I discovered last time that anything wider makes the cars rattle across them and annoyingly, when pushed through at a snails pace, the wheels can fall back into the gaps like those little ball bearings into holes in the boards of some novelty games. I'm sure you've all played them!!!
Anyway, just a small curved section to make in the siding leading from the crossing, then track building on the scenic section is finished and I can move onto drilling out for the wiring.
Jonte
Everything smooth enough.
Just a little finishing with a file before the whole can be electrically isolated using a carbide disc in my modelling drill. Finally, a scrub with a suitable abrasive bathroom cleaner using an old toothbrush and then a quick rinse.
Again, the flangeways are intentionally a little generous in width; conversely, the gaps for cross rail are as narrow as I can make them: I discovered last time that anything wider makes the cars rattle across them and annoyingly, when pushed through at a snails pace, the wheels can fall back into the gaps like those little ball bearings into holes in the boards of some novelty games. I'm sure you've all played them!!!
Anyway, just a small curved section to make in the siding leading from the crossing, then track building on the scenic section is finished and I can move onto drilling out for the wiring.
Jonte