06-13-2014, 03:50 PM
Final update before the exhibition tomorrow!
Layout is pretty much done:
![[Image: 20140613_211948_5_bestshot-1_zps03ac7081.jpg]](http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag144/shaslakais/20140613_211948_5_bestshot-1_zps03ac7081.jpg)
Now I'm just getting a few little jobs done and playing trains.
I was going to fit the fascia to the layout today but discovered that I can't get the module to connect up if the fascia is there due to the angles involved - as such I'll be passing on that for the show tomorrow, and will figure something out at a later date.
I'll be lining the front of the layout with information sheets and such instead - shouldn't look TOO bad - I hope!
As I don't know the layout of the venue exactly, I'm not leaving anything to chance in terms of wayward stock falling to the floor, so I've built, fitted and tested some rail bumpers on each of the sidings. The cassette will have something a little more... crude!
![[Image: 20140613_223647_5_bestshot-1_zps9c195c85.jpg]](http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag144/shaslakais/20140613_223647_5_bestshot-1_zps9c195c85.jpg)
![[Image: 20140613_223730_4_bestshot-1_zps462a9e69.jpg]](http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag144/shaslakais/20140613_223730_4_bestshot-1_zps462a9e69.jpg)
Simply made from I beam and cylindrical plastruct, with a long length of brass bead-artists' wire down the center. I've run a loco into it at speed step 13 just to be sure - rock solid!
Not a lot to do now except to disassemble everything and load up the car, but for now it's time to sit back with a beer and chill out!
Layout is pretty much done:
![[Image: 20140613_211948_5_bestshot-1_zps03ac7081.jpg]](http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/shaslakais/media/20140613_211948_5_bestshot-1_zps03ac7081.jpg.html)
Now I'm just getting a few little jobs done and playing trains.
I was going to fit the fascia to the layout today but discovered that I can't get the module to connect up if the fascia is there due to the angles involved - as such I'll be passing on that for the show tomorrow, and will figure something out at a later date.
I'll be lining the front of the layout with information sheets and such instead - shouldn't look TOO bad - I hope!
As I don't know the layout of the venue exactly, I'm not leaving anything to chance in terms of wayward stock falling to the floor, so I've built, fitted and tested some rail bumpers on each of the sidings. The cassette will have something a little more... crude!
![[Image: 20140613_223647_5_bestshot-1_zps9c195c85.jpg]](http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/shaslakais/media/20140613_223647_5_bestshot-1_zps9c195c85.jpg.html)
![[Image: 20140613_223730_4_bestshot-1_zps462a9e69.jpg]](http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/shaslakais/media/20140613_223730_4_bestshot-1_zps462a9e69.jpg.html)
Simply made from I beam and cylindrical plastruct, with a long length of brass bead-artists' wire down the center. I've run a loco into it at speed step 13 just to be sure - rock solid!
Not a lot to do now except to disassemble everything and load up the car, but for now it's time to sit back with a beer and chill out!