Last night I wrapped up the cutting and fitting of the west yard ladder of Pine Valley. Everything was glued with DAP adhesive caulk, the soup can express was parked on top and dried overnight (almost there's a few white caulk spots were air flow was blocked by a soup can). This weekend I'll solder the rails at the removable section edges and then cut those gaps along with frog gaps with my Dremel. The turnouts will also need spiked down since the copper ties do not touch the caulking and sorta float around.
As seen below the yard ladder starts with a curved #8 then a curved #6, all made with
Fast Track's paper templates. The main line also now extends west all the way behind the furnace to the Long Run Tunnel area as seen in
Wordless Wednesday #114. I've had to make some changes to the prototype track layout of Pine Valley Yard but I'm pretty happy with what I've fit into the available space.
Very impressive trackwork - looking great Chris! Really enjoying following your progress
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, just need hook up feeders and try out the yard!
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ReplyDeleteGet the feeders in place and tinned......have resistance soldering station - will travel!
Sounds like a plan, I just threaded the power bus last night.
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