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Tony Bird

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Re: Designing and maybe making a portable model railway.
« on: September 08, 2019, 10:20:42 am »
Hi,

While away after some thoughts on the pros and cons of different designs I did some drawings using the construction decided on which is basically the same as I drew for the 16 mm NGM modular layout group:



Though for the prototypes I won’t use a jig and the timber is what I had in stock. The first prototype as yet not finished is for boards that will transversely fit in the trailer. The other prototype will be of the same construction and be the longest that can be cut from a 1220 mm (48”) long piece of ply. Both prototypes will be 200 mm wide 8”, the production ones could be wider after deciding how thick the edging strips will be. The following photographs will I hope show the construction so far.

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The last photograph shows how they might be stored in the trailer using up 475 mm (19") of the 600 mm (24") height available.

I will report further progress.

Regards Tony.