More progress with ballasting the track on the central baseboard today, despite an accident where I spilt a load of ballast on the track that I had already done! 🤬 I wasn't best pleased as I had to vacuum it all up along with what I had laid, so I have had to redo about a 6" length. The far side track is complete, as is around the 2 points. 😊
Keith
More progress today with laying ballast on the centre baseboard between the platform and the track, and down the centre of the track, around the signal box and the point rodding, and one of the two points which is never easy to ensure the ballast won't interfere with the operation of the point blades.
Keith
Yesterday evening I fitted spearpoint fencing between the station buildings, by the time I had finished the natural light wasn't good enough to take photos, so I took them this morning.
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| Section of fence between the paper kiosk and the bus stop |
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| Section of fence between the bus stop and the waiting room |
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| Section of fence between the waiting room and the 1st station building |
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| Section of fence between the 2 station buildings with the fence corner to the left |
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| Previous photo as seen from the other side showing the corner in the fence |
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| Signal box leaning towards the track |
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| Ground slope chiselled out and painted |
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| No longer leaning |
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| Belisha beacons fitted by the zebra crossing |
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| Signal box walkway painted wood colour |
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| Resited signal box 2mm further back to allow room for the walkway |
First day of laying ballast on the central baseboard, as I got near the signal box I realised the edge of the platform looked a bit rough so I made a wooden step, painted it, glued it in placed, and weathered it. Failing natural light has stopped play!
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| Start of laying ballast |
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| A bit more done |
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| And some more |
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| Even more |
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| As far as I have to today |
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| The wooden step at the end of the platform |
Today I set about install the point rodding at the 2nd pair of points, at least this time I have remembered to do it before ballasting the track! 😁
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| Point rodding installed |
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| Painted with primer |
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| Rodding painted with gunmetal metallic paint |
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| Close-up at the signal box, ducting under the track painted to look like clay piping |
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| Duct on other side of the track |
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| The other point |
Busy sticky morning starting with 2 nearside street lamps fitted first.
Putting my feet up for the rest of the day.
Keith
I have drilled 3 holes in the offside pavement and fitted 3 street lamps.
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| First street lamp |
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| Second street lamp |
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| Third street lamp |
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| After lunch I picked up locally this sheet of 2mm thick board |
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| I cut off what I needed for the platform and pavement |
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| Then set about cutting and forming sheets of paving slabs |
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| All platform and pavement slab sheets glued down |
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| Joint platform/pavement glued down with Evo-Stik and weighed down with handy weights. |
Keith
Road in front of the terrace on the central baseboard painted asphalt colour this morning, doesn't do paint brushes much good painting emery paper, tends to wear them down, I wonder why that is?
Road markings and pedestrian crossing painted.
Keith
