A virtual flurry of activity I tell youcarnehan wrote:There appears to be too much inactivity with the toot toot adventure
I ummed and ahhed about which lot of track to use, the sad lot or the pristine lot, but I weakened and used the sad lot. I'm going to solder up each piece of track anyway, and I I kinda felt sad that as it may all end up in a dumpster one day, that to use the pristine lot would be be a loss. I may do a roundy with it to run the old jinty before use. Especially as it probably needs a good service and maybe a new magnet. But I have digressed.....
Track on the board and a track rubber to gauge a ballast shoulder....
next I used 45mm wide X 50mm high foam board, and cut out little wedges with the drop saw. About 92 degrees worked about right for the curves....
Then used the dremel to bevel the edges. I could have just used a knife but I wanted to see how the thing woked on the foam board....
The final task for the day was putting in the landfill using V,R,'s patented ersatz pavlova fill. Mix 1/2 cup pva, 1/2 cup water and a dash of dishwashing liquid. Mix in 6 litres of bean bag beads, 1 litre at a time. let rest for 30 minutes. Mix it around then dump and push it around with a spatula or your hands. Add another litre of beads as you get to the end of your mix. Clean up then have a lie down for a day or two.....