The Easter weekend at last resulted in some progress on the track for the first board of my US fs160 layout. After a recent spate of projects that have not yet come to fruition for one reason or another, it was nice to get back to basics with copper-clad track and complete the trackwork over the weekend.
The first turnout under construction
This was helped by the fact that all this track is to be burried under a roadway meaning it could be done quickly with spare 2mm SA 9ft sleepers at generous intervals. The rail is Micro Engineering Code 40 rail for compatibility with the flexi track that will be used on board 2.
The nearly completed turnout - just the tie-bar to be added.
I also added the trackbed to the board but managed to resist the temptation to glue the track down - turnout actuating mechanisms and track feeds are to be decided upon first while I can still gain access to the underside of the track.
The trackwork laid loose on the track bed
But if you want to see some real fs160 modelling check out these sites:
http://stummiforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=50628
