Progress

Just a few lines about the small steps of progress we are slowly making.

In the previous update we had finally got the baseboards and we was in the process of putting them together and it was mission accomplished with a sexy array of power tools being used and a little wood glue that coats everything. To be fair once we sussed out how boards fitted and such they went together nicely and, in the future, for another build we will be using the same manufacturer.

So since then, a little more progress has been made the back scenes have had a coat of primer over them and are about ready for second coat. We have purchased a set of ‘A’ Frames from B&Q and if you have degree in Astro Physics then they will be a breeze for you to put up for us neanderthal men they took some putting together but they are amazingly strong and sturdy, which is nice!

The resident Permanent Way Civil Engineer has blown the dust off his “How to build track” Book and with C&L kit that he purchased sometime ago he has put together and I’m saying this to make his back wet… The double slip is a real work of art and looks amazing I wasn’t sure it was P4 for a moment we pushed some wagons through it and nowt came off the road!

The finished double slip.

With More sleepers in place than HS2 at the moment!

We have also got hold of some 9mm Sun dealer board and the ideal behind this is lay the paper template of the track diagram over this and cut the shape. Reason being the layout is deep width wise and we can lay the track and point work on this and then drop it into place and build up the scenic bits around it.

Hope these two views show you what we meant with the stick and drop method!

The 1^st building has already been completed this being a LNER Concrete P Way hut, but work is also progressing on a Great Central Railway Type 5 signal box. These boxes were the most common in the Immingham, Barnetby and Scunthorpe area’s with examples at Barrow Road Crossing, Goxhill and Brigg being easily viewable and still in use today. Admittedly its in its very early stages but this will soon be completed and weathered to make it look at home in the industrial backwater.

Those blasted ‘A’ Frames! But to be fair the stuff its holding up is top notch

I think that just about covers what’s been done over the last 6 or so I know the progress is not much for people who can dedicate full working days to the layouts they are working on. With Both of us working 12hr shifts on rotating 6 week cycles the progress has been significant for us.

Thanks very much for now. James W&S