I finally finished off the legs:
I then tried putting a couple of sections up on the hard floor of the kitchen. They are very wobbly because there’s no sideways cross support:
I spent a lot of time thinking of how to brace legs that are not square to each other. I ended up using ply but I may think about a different method in future:
I also painted the bottom of the piled section with MIG dark wash because it is beneath the water line:
Before:
After:
The big next job is the rest of the track laying – mostly turnouts. I’d already done the frog:
I’m thinking about how to do the stretcher bar and to throw the turnout. Still thinking… this is an Ambis kit for a stretcher bar that I will probably use. I used a dremel-alike to shape the throw rails but am still working out how to get them to sit properly. I don’t want to cut the running rail away as the prototype does not so I’ve really cut the thrown rail instead. Let’s see if it works…
I did these guide rails as well…
On another note, I took this favourite train from my mantelpiece to the Convention but as I forgot to take any photos there, here’s one:
