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Hi,

The first base board except for track is finished, there are seven more boards for the curved track to be made and then there are ten straight boards after them.  I am happy with this first board so I am now onto making all the aluminium angle fittings and if sums are correct there will be 80 in total, I have cut and machined 50 blanks so far.

The finished board has been sealed and had a coat of varnish; the layout will spend a lot of time stored in a trailer though dry it is very damp in Old South Wales.  All the nuts used are Ny-lock; from experience with the thousands of miles the layout hopefully will travel bumping up and down in the trailer would loosen plain nuts.  Only 30 blanks to go then cut and drill them and there are 28 legs to cut.

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Regards Tony.