My N-scale still-to-be-named layout

[ngaugingnut]

At the fascia, mark the dowel to be cut to the right length. I pushed the dowel in all the way and then measured 1/2 inch out. I have not yet attached my actual fascia so I need a bit more length, otherwise 1/4 inch would have been enough:
   

I added a round knob (just twisted on for now) and a sticky note as to which way the turnout points when the red part of the knob is in or out. Eventually I will likely change the mechanism to a route selector based on Galen's article in April's MRH:
   

And to prove it works, here is the turnout (circled in red) in one direction:
   

And the other way:
   

I spent the rest of the afternoon rewiring the whole underside of the layout - I put in bus wires and fixed some feeders that I wasn't happy with.

Next post will hopefully be about my ambitious expansion plans!