It’s not all finished, but it is finished enough that I can run trains! Here’s a short clip of two trains going through the station area from opposite directions. There’s a Class 37 and a Class 411 EMU. Enjoy.

Another model railway update - this afternoon I constructed the final baseboard for what I’m calling “Phase 1” of the layout.

It’s an awkward shape and I took my time to get all the angles just right. Everything was dry fitted and adjusted until the fit was good enough. Then screwed and glued.

My woodwork teacher, Mr Ward, would have been very impressed. That is to say he would have given me 7/10 and said something like “Haigh, you’d be a threat to carpenters everywhere if you took more time. And I don’t like all these butt joints”.

Another round of trial fitting of all the rear baseboards now that the left rear corner board is permanently installed. You can get an idea of the absolute chaos in the room with this wide-ish angle photo.

The board that isn’t in place on the left needs some small adjustments now that the corner board next to it is 2cm further forward than the others. There will also be a step in the backscene boards where these two boards meet that I will do my best to disguise with scenery.

I’ve today off so naturally I’m trial firing the remaining track on the second reverse loop before I take out the corner board for one last time to fit the backscenes to the back and side of that board.

Just taken some pics to post a progress update from last night.

Progress since the last update:
- LED tape lighting now installed for the storage sidings (Innr smart flex 4m, Zigbee controlled)
- second return loop decking has had final fitting (but screws will be moved to go in from the bottom so that track bed is removable if needed)
- some setrack put down on the return loop to verify fit before laying cork track bed.

Next step is to dry fit the two foam inclines , check clearances and make the necessary adjustments.

I have been busy on my afternoon off

Shiny new arrivals in the house today from Accurascale, these Mk 1 coaches in Carmine Red. Lots of fine detail on these, pre-installed lighting, and the roof is magnetically attached to make maintenance and installing passengers easier. There’s a Syphon G in the background for scale, it’s about 2cm shorter. They look great. They do, however, squeak when moving. At least the two I’ve unpacked so far do.

First rough fit of the three baseboards for the branch line station. Have had to move some legs around to clear the helix underneath, and a gap in the back corner. As I’m resting up with a cold - so no computer work for me today - that’s it for now. #ModelRailways #OOScale

The #accurascale Class 92 (with a DCC controller borrowed from my Bachmann Class 24) is a work of art and so, so smooth. I don’t get all the functions with the chip I’ve fitted, the dedicated Accurascale one is on back order #ModelRailway #OOScale