| 15th September
2007
And so we have turned the page on the
basic construction and now start on the detail. Well almost as I have had
a problem with falling leaves on the track ...in fact loads and loads of
them and especially around the shed. I have decided that the track to the
rear of the shed will have to be in a tunnel and the track will be laid on
decking to complete the installation.
So the tight corner was made up using
the decking and 600m radius track corner and then the line section to it
from Jungle Junction had to be raise by the thickness of the decking as did
the Bailey Bridge location. |
| 16th September 2007
Making a tunnel that was half reasonable
has taken most of day. but the results are good and only final fixing of
some supports remains - more timber required !!!!
The photo shows the tunnel exit and
eventually a hedge archway will cover the plastic.
Some finishing off remains but that was
enough for today !!!! |
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| The tunnel entrance as seen from
above at the side of the shed. |
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| In side the tunnel entrance showing
the supports which will be enhanced as I have to consider the possibility
of the weight of a snow fall in winter!!! |
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| 17th September
2007
Briefly running a Home Brew loco I found
the advantage of a loading gauge. The loco although built to 1/20 scale is
too high to go under the tunnel supports. They will all have to be
re-gauged!!!! |
| 16th October 2007
Quite a bit of building has occurred
in the last month including
coaches, two from kits the other
4 as copies of the kits ... and still one more coach to build. |
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| A leaf sweeper
and early version as now the "head" will
swivel to that the brushing action is mainly on the track even when there
is a tight corner.
A bit of fun but not really successful
so I bought a petrol leaf clearer !!! |
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| New tunnel entrance / exit,
and similar supports exist all along
the tunnel. |
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| Sunday 25th November
2007
The tunnel entrance improved supports
have been put in place |
Tunnel exit the supports have been
widened as there was only a 2mm gap between coach and tunnel support which
had been causing de-railments. The gap is now of the order of 80mm |
| The story
continues here |
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