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Hi,

This morning I started to prepare our Rhydypenderyn layout for its winter storage as its next exhibition isn’t until next April.  It is quite a lot of work requiring everything being removed from the trailer so that the baseboards, track and scenery can be checked, repaired and cleaned; so, I do it in stages.  Two of the storage containers have been removed from the trailer and the track cleaned and the odd repair done, later this week the other two containers will be removed and similar done.  When completed the trailer will be loaded again put in the garage and jacked-up off its tyres.  Doing this along with anno Domini makes me see the sense in continuing work on ideas for a new more easily handled layout. 

After being fed and watered mid-day I did some more work on the new baseboard; I laid some track.  The track is from my old garden railway lifted after its sleepers had rotted, I bought new sleepers and then decided to change to Peco SM32 track that has plastic sleepers.  So, I have approximately 30 + yards of rail and more than enough sleepers.  The track is Tenmille code 200 bullhead rail which fits into plastic sleepers with a spigot that fits into holes in the wooden sleepers.  A couple of lengths of rail were rolled into a curve then fitted with sleepers and secured to one of the baseboards.  It was found that the plastic window surround cuts well with a circular saw; it was cut so that is was a couple of millimetres higher than the track so, reducing the height of the edging by about 10 mm to 55 mm (2.3/16”).

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The track is biased to the inside to give equal clearances either side of the model.

Tony.