The track on my layout is 99% complete, with just a few small items to
finish. I have almost completed the turn table, however it still needs to be
painted to get rid of the plastic look. Spur track will be added once it's
complete and permanently installed. I also painted and installed the track
bumpers, five in total on my layout. They look pretty decent, however they
may need a little more detail added in the future. My turnouts also look and
fit great. I tested them with a few cars and they see to carry rolling stock
very smoothly
I’m still not sure how the descending grade from the trestle is going to
work out with a full set of cars and engines. It’s very steep as it needs to
drop down 3.5" in a very short distance so it can level out at the track and
road crossing.
This is the one part of this whole project that has me worried. At this
point the layout is divided into the planned 12 electrical blocks using
insulated terminal joiners between the sections of track. I have also
attached all terminal connectors, feeding the wires through drilled holes to
the underside of the table.
Tomorrow I plan to paint the turn table to make it look a bit more
realistic and finish attaching the approaching tracks. The big project now
is to start the wiring and construction of the control panel. The
under-table switch machines and wiring components also need to be done at
this point. I also need to test my track with an engine, so for now I will
need to attach all the terminal connectors from each power block to one main
lead, just to test things out. That will be a next weekend
project.
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