Mmmm. Flowing curves in flex track always look good, and these are some of the finest I’ve ever pinned down. Here stuck down with Pattex, my most excellent Hollandaise wood glue from The Netherlands, while being pinned in place with various implements.
Something I despise with a passion on a layout is when twin tracks aren’t laid parallel in curves.
Sometimes this happens because people who aren’t as fussy as I don’t think to do it; and if they are, because of accidentally kinked joins between flex sections or accidentally cutting a section the wrong length. Fixes for the latter: whoops, try again with another piece; and for the former - solder sections together before bending, or plan and cut track as appropriate to move joints out of the tightest areas.
Sometimes this happens because people who aren’t as fussy as I don’t think to do it; and if they are, because of accidentally kinked joins between flex sections or accidentally cutting a section the wrong length. Fixes for the latter: whoops, try again with another piece; and for the former - solder sections together before bending, or plan and cut track as appropriate to move joints out of the tightest areas.
In addition to the aesthetics, much time has been spent over the last days continuing to build out the ‘baseboards’ with longitudinal bracing underneath (faked up in green here as this pic was taken just before it went on) and more support in the ‘grid’ up top.
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The layout is in two halves at the moment so they could fit into a car if needed (and they’re easier to flip around during this construction phase), but they will have to come together in the near future.
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