Scenery sub-base on board #4
Sort out the concrete base for the engine shed
Experiment with a road finish on the cross-overs
Laurence back with us again.
Geoff continued to build the scenery sub-base on board #4 using more of the foam blocks. (He reminded us this week, that the foam had been retrieved from a skip many years ago and that he was glad to finally be able to use it up!)
The previous engine shed floor had been made without an outer edge frame, which meant it was impossible to create a satisfactory solid level floor. Stephen set about correcting the problem by trimming away the soft foam floor at the perimeter and creating the edge that would allow the area to be properly levelled. Timber strips were fabricated to the depth of the rail top and pit wall capping. The extent of the building was marked out and the strips glued and weighted down. The floor will be laid next week.
After the previous weeks discussions about the check rail plaster infill, Geoff highlighted a further potential problem. The plaster being level with the slightly lower check rails, any road/surface finish could again be high enough to be scraped away when the running rails were cleaned. The only way to find out was to glue some of the chinchilla dust to an area, as a trial. Laurence set about doing just that and the results will be tested next week.
