Point actuators
Gas engine motorisation
Perimeter wall
Laurence continued with point actuator number two - only 7 more to go!
Having completed the engine and made the components for the motor-drive, the unit was assembled. It ran quite well, except for a judder that was put-down to the nylon rod on the electric motor being eccentric. A new one was made using a pencil rubber centre-drilled in the lathe. The new unit worked much better. A wooden block and brass spring allowed it to be mounted under the floor panel and successfully tested in place.
Mounting the updated floor required a hole in the baseboard...
Walls - Geoff had previously glued some paper mache over a board joint and it hadn't fully dried out, so the layout couldn't be turned around. Stephen took the opportunity of progressing with the perimeter walls to the manor house grounds, on the new board.
At the Epsom & Ewell show, we came across a single sheet of English Garden Wall bond plastic sheet. It was the only one there and had 5 stretcher courses instead of the more common 3 (see example below)
The plastic was cut to size and glued onto the plywood walls with contact adhesive. Thin plywood was then cut for the brick piers - two laminated units for the main gateway and several for mid-wall piers. These will be covered in plastic sheet and applied to the main wall.
Space was at a premium this week, so Stephen ended up using the band-saw on the floor.
