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I'm by no means an expert with Templot but I get the same figures as Gordon with an A6 turnout having a radius of 1205mm (47.4") and a length of 267.65mm

John

The second of the buildings for the traveller camp is now complete.

At South Pelaw Junction, next to the bridge that I have already modelled was, what today would be called a travellers camp although, when I was a kid it was called something entirely different... Made up of a number of small buildings and some caravans it was built in the 1960s, expanded in the 70s ...

CornCrake wrote:Nice straight rails, what's the secret?

First rail laid up against a straight edge with lots of looking along the rail from low down as I go. Second rail is laid with as many track gauges I can get my hands on.

Fortunately, the plastic chairs on ply sleepers allows for adjustment if need be...

Porcy Mane wrote:
Flour & water paste ????

P

Not quite that old school, watered down PVA.

Hope you're well...

Having screwed up and ordered the wrong chairs from the stores, track laying is on hold so I figured I might as well start with some of the land forms. The original plan was to use polystyrene but, as a trip to B&Q for stuff for toy trains isn't exactly essential travel, I've gone old school and...

Waiting on more track parts so here are a couple more photos: http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_2006.jpeg http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_2007.jpeg http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_2008.jpeg

Cheers Paul, much appreciated.

John

Thanks Dave, I've gone all night without getting any sleep so got an early start on track laying again this morning.

Another turnout completed (apart from the tie bar and a few chairs that will be fitted after testing): http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_1983.jpg Not the best photo as it is against the light and the depth of field isn't great but, hopefully, if shows the flow of the ...

Testing, testing and more testing... It occurred to me this morning that an ideal vehicle for testing the track was my never fully completed Penbits Bogie conversion of the Bachmann Class 24. Mechanically it is complete but cosmetically, I never finished it as the SLW 24 came along. As it has no bog...

Another, small, milestone tonight as both the up and down main have been completed across the two boards I have at home (giving a 12' run in both directions) so, for the first time, the bridge has two, fully functional, tracks running under it... http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads...

Track work continues...

Thanks Martin, I'd completely forgotten about them

Further to my earlier query, I'm now at the point where I'm ready to build my first turnout, a left hand C8. Looking at the Exactoscale chair position diagrams here: https://exactoscale.com/track-components/chair-positions/ they show the chairs at the switch end of the turnout and at the common cros...

Got the speakers but not a Motörhead fan...

Armchair Modeller wrote:What about the neighbours, when you start knocking holes through the walls to accommodate the next set of baseboards?

Got that covered as well, I live in a detached house

Serjt-Dave wrote:It beats looking at the television. LOL. I can't see my wife agreeing to allow me to do this in our front room.

As a widower, there is no domestic authority to object...

RAO wrote:Lovely trestles, who's make are they?

Screwfix

Party due to the current health crisis, SPJ (two thirds of it anyway) has a new, temporary, home, my rather unfinished living room. It's a bit of a surprise to see how big even two boards are in a normal environment rather than a 160' long room. No excuses for not cracking on with it and it gives me...

Got a pack of the screw couplings this week.

They look to be pretty strong but, if coupled, the tommy bar sticks up rather than hanging down.

I’ve seen someone on RMWeb who has modified his by replacing the top pin allowing the links to be turned round allowing the tommy bar to hang down.

John

I am definately no expert but my experience is .....I have used Howard's approach where the track is pre curved to the profile so in theory there are no stresses set up in the rail itself - meaning there is no real difference between curved and straight track. To date I have found that simply flood...

Have you had any issues with track going out of alignment at all? I glued about 4 feet of track down last week using a straight edge to keep everything in line but, having looked along the track yesterday, whilst I can still push a mint gauge along it, parts of the track have definitely moved out o...

Nigel, I notice that, like me, you are using plastic chairs on ply sleepers. Have you had any issues with track going out of alignment at all? I glued about 4 feet of track down last week using a straight edge to keep everything in line but, having looked along the track yesterday, whilst I can stil...

All sleepers are down and I've finally got some track, all 4' of it, laid with droppers fitted: http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1881.jpg http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1882.jpg I think I may have some gauging issues though... :mrgr...