First test run
Have I mentioned that it’s only two weeks until the first showing of our modular layout at the Seaboard Southern Annual Exhibition at Horsham? Having progressed to the point of electrical continuity, it was felt that a full test was long overdue.
Testing for continuity
Have made up all the jumper cables the other evening, the last remaining electrical job was to solder the dropper cables on the corner boards. These hadn’t been done because I wasn’t happy with the track alignment. However, with the first exhibition looming …
Making the Jumpers
After another long hiatus, and with the Seaboard Southern Show now only a few weeks away, I sat down this evening with a film on Amazon Prime, two rolls of cable, a bunch of banana plugs and sockets plus some chocolate blocks and proceeded to make up the jumper cables for connecting power to adjacent boards.
Track and wiring
Progress on the modules has been slow, for which read non-existent. With the looming date of the Seaboard Southern show in September, at which these are expected to not only appear but be operational, it’s high time to extract the digit!
Corner Boards Assembled
Flushed with the success of the straight boards, it was time to tackle the corner boards. As a precaution, which proved to be unnecessary, the sides were thoroughly wetted and bent, in the hope that they wouldn’t crack or split during assembly.
Straight Boards Assembled
Well, today was one of those dry days and, between two of us, the four board kits were assembled. Tim Horn‘s instructions were not specific to the boards ordered but only because they’d been modified to include the Frem0n30 endplates. However, such is the quality of his kits that instructions really aren’t necessary.
Received Yesterday
As alluded to my previous post, discussions are ongoing with Tim Horn with a view to building a new layout … and look what arrived in yesterday’s post!
Mount Blue Model Company Freelance Switcher
The Mount Blue Model Company produces a number of 0n30 kits to fit on Bachmann mechanisms and underframes. This is the build of the Freelance Diesel Switcher, which is about half way down the page linked to above. I got mine from EDM Models.
Stretched Davenport
Narrow Gauge Railway Modeller’s Online has a Classifieds section and, under For Sale, I saw a locomotive that really grabbed my attention. Usually, I’m not that taken with second-hand, half-finished projects but, I think you’ll agree, this is a bit different.