Gluing down Cork for the roadbed. 3mm thick Midwest Products cork. Using yellow pins (probably not visible) to skewer the dots from the planning...
Using the track-plan printed at 1:1 to work out where the ladder has to go in order to fit; including the approach ramp for the spiral helix.
Using the track-plan printed at 1:1 to work out where the ladder has to go in order to fit; including the approach ramp for the spiral helix. I...
Using the track-plan printed at 1:1 to work out where the ladder has to go in order to fit; including the approach ramp for the spiral helix....
Looking around the room to see where things are at. Backdrops are done. Sectional modules are back on the wall. No tracks (yet) The corner,...
All four boxes have lids and are sitting in place. Not yet perfect, the lids are not fixed down. It's almost starting to look like a layout!...
printed a 1:1 scale ladder and stuck it in place to work out how to put lids on the boxes. From the helix out towards the yard
printed a 1:1 scale ladder and stuck it in place to work out how to put lids on the boxes. Looking up the ladder towards the helix
printed a 1:1 scale ladder and stuck it in place to work out how to put lids on the boxes. Step two: trimmed and trying to fit accurately....
printed a 1:1 scale ladder and stuck it in place to work out how to put lids on the boxes. Step one: sellotaped together but not yet trimmed
Looking at the run-around ladder space on the staging deck, with just clamps holding it together. Noteworthy is that the two monitors are gone...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. My old friend the...
1:1 scale yard ladder in place to touch and test. Mmm... cardboard. Towards the yard up the ladder, with a big support right on top of the camera
1:1 scale yard ladder in place to touch and test. Mmm... cardboard. Up the ladder towards the yard