01-12-2014, 03:43 PM
Hi,
Just a line to let you know that it all works (all three switches and both insulated breaks of the scenic bit that is) so I can start to relax a little.
Next step is to lift the track and glue it down with PVA. The main track bed, as I've termed it, can than be glued to suitably located pillars of old 2" x 1" and ply pillars to match the curved sections. Then the wires soldered to the track can be threaded through the pre-drilled holes in the baseboard (door) and neatly fixed to the the feeds via chocolate block connectors.
Of, course, I mustn't forget to locate the wire-in-tubes below their respective turnouts before glueing them down (reminder to self!).
I must add that I'm mighty pleased with the slow running performance of my cheapo Bachmann. Although pleased with it's out-of-the-box performance, this has been further improved by running round a circle of set track for a couple of hours in each direction.
Regards for now,
Jonte.
Just a line to let you know that it all works (all three switches and both insulated breaks of the scenic bit that is) so I can start to relax a little.
Next step is to lift the track and glue it down with PVA. The main track bed, as I've termed it, can than be glued to suitably located pillars of old 2" x 1" and ply pillars to match the curved sections. Then the wires soldered to the track can be threaded through the pre-drilled holes in the baseboard (door) and neatly fixed to the the feeds via chocolate block connectors.
Of, course, I mustn't forget to locate the wire-in-tubes below their respective turnouts before glueing them down (reminder to self!).
I must add that I'm mighty pleased with the slow running performance of my cheapo Bachmann. Although pleased with it's out-of-the-box performance, this has been further improved by running round a circle of set track for a couple of hours in each direction.
Regards for now,
Jonte.