Construct next demountable board leg.
Transfer track layout to next board.
Correct board alignment.
Continue laying track.
Essentially, more of the same this week, so Laurence started to make the next board leg unit.
Whilst board #5 was temporarily supported, Stephen took the opportunity to transfer the track setting out information from Geoff's drawings to the board, ready for the cork underlay to be fitted. This is the first of the new exhibition boards and the exercise enabled discussions on the engine shed area in more detail, including extending the scenery beyond the bridge.
With boards #4 and #5 in place, it was possible to check the alignment with the main station boards and a small 'convergence' was noted. This was corrected by unscrewing one of the hinge-connectors between boards #3 and #4 and inserting some card packers, which subtly changed the board angle.
Geoff and Stephen then continued to lay track on the adaptor boards. Where brass screws had previously been fitted, rail was soldered down at the junctions and the joints cut with a razor saw.
We'd used up our small brass screws the previous week, but the replacement order had failed to arrive, so the joint between the two non-scenic boards was fitted with PCB strips, laminated with card to make up the height and screwed to the baseboard. Finally, the rails were also cut with a razor saw. Out-of-the-box Peco track was used on the non-scenic boards.
Even with all three working in a confined space, we managed to work quite well although we did create quite a mess!
