Final testrun after completing the electrics

So, the layout runs properly after some tuning. To show that I made a short movie:

You see that the loco runs over all the tracks. I placed the chimney loose on its place to show that the track is flat enough.

How I solved the electric on the point of the turnout:

Tomorrow more!

Turnout control

Made the control today, the rods now have knobs. We bought them in the home depot store:

From close view:

The pieces my son made where the electric switches will be mounted on:

My wife is pretty busy with the hotel:

She does that at our living room tabel, that's cosy!:

Later!

Another short movie

It does make that much fun that I shot a short second movie. This time the room light is on:

Have fun!!

Painting trackwork

Today I painted the trackwork. Color is Revell Aqua rust nr 83. Here the left modul:

And the right one:

I like it. It looks good and even. Let's go do some ballast!!

It's alive, it's alive!

Well, I did it. The layout trackwork is finished. I made a testrun from one side to the other and I'm reasonably happy with it. Already made some minor adjustments but it runs pretty good.
There are still no electric switches on the turnout control so it's not possible to switch tracks without extensive wire switching:

I'm now painting the rail in a rusty colour. After that it is time to embed the whole thing is ballast, and that will be sand.

The electric wiring is connected to brass rods I made from installation wire from the home depot. I straightened them in a drill so they lie good under the modules:

Later more!

Electric and other work

 Yesterday I prepared the manual turnout control. This is the stuff I use to secure it:

Here the rod (3 mm thick) with the same thickness piece that goes to the switch tie. The small ones are for the maximum travel of the rod, here they still need to be adjusted:

And all three in one module. They will get wooden knobs but I still have to purchase them:

Electric wire lies ready for installing, short pieces will be soldered to the rail and then to a brass rod:

The rods are prepared tonight. This is wire that is used in electric home installations. I removed the insulation and made it straight in a drilling device:

Later more!

Last trackwork

Today I finished the trackwork on the left module. First I lais out the rest of the rail on the left back track:

After that I spiked it down, together with the second rail of the point of the turnout:

After that I drilled a lenghtened hole for the switchrod:

And fastened the rail to the stubswitch:

So yo see, it is finished so far:

I'm happy, later!