Today, in between general weekend jobs, and painting the girls bedroom ! I have been putting the backs on the layouts, I have been contemplating these for the last week. What height? What to do at the ends? What to do with the bit that hides the sector plate? In the end I decided to just go for it and stop thinking about it ! The other thing that had stopped me doing the job, was having a period of time that was daylight and dry as the two halves needed to be together to make sure the backs lined up. So here they are, prior to putting the false back in front of the sector plate.
Note that there are holes in both the ends that are train sized ! There are 2 reasons for this.
1) I realized putting a end panel on seriously reduced photo potential !
2) You just never know when you want to add another section
Back indoors the above photo potentials !
I had gone over and over what to do at the end of the line on the scenic board, adding buffers would use important line length, so I have gone for a factory with large doors that will generally be closed but can be open to take photos through.
At the other end a couple of things came up !
There is another exit on the rear track, this wont be seen as the front track is having an engine shed. The other noticeable thing is highlighted by the red circle. I have shortened the sector plate by about 4 inches and the circle shows the two extra 4" track sections. After some trials I didn't need such a long sector plate. The clearance in front of the dividing back scene would have also been tight, if it had been longer to hide the original length plate. It also gives a bit more track to be in view if you look into the fiddle area. John RJR
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