Freelance 2017-1

[faraway]

Lots of dull coat, some details and the building is "planted" into the ground. That's it for now. That was a nice start of 2017....

IMG_5284 by faraway52, on Flickr
IMG_5283 by faraway52, on Flickr
IMG_5282 by faraway52, on Flickr

2017 had another surprise for me. A bunch of engines derail on the transition into the 18' curve of the hatch at the door I built last fall. I tested it with mostly Atlas engines (GP38 etc.) and was happy when some long Bachmann and the RDC worked too. I learned yesterday that e.g. Genesis GP15, Kato GP35 don't like the curve. Also one SW1500 derails in one direction. I think 18' without any transition but a staggered cut in the rails entering the hatch is at the limit.
I made all possible adjustments at the axis and the rails. The rails are perfect aligned but it is at the limit ans some engines don't do it.

The hatch with the hinge at the right side (old photo)
IMG_5104 by faraway52, on Flickr

The offending location (old photo)
IMG_5105 by faraway52, on Flickr

Two options:
1. Redo the hatch quite soon to run all engines again
2. Redo the hatch 2018 when the entire room is redone and a new layout is built from scratch and run in the meantime a limited set of engines only.