In our most recent work session, we finished laying down the cork roadbed. Then we sanded it to assure that it was level and free of bumps and any extruded silicone sealant. We started sanding by hand with a 220 grit block, but found that to be hard going. So we put a finishing sander to work with 180 grit paper installed.
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| Sanding the roadbed with the finishing sander was just the trick! |
Once the roadbed was sanded, it was ready for installing track. We laid out the turnouts in their intended positions, then beginning at an arbitrary point on the layout, began to install track.
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| The layout with turnouts positioned at their intended locations |
We drilled holes in each piece of track and all turnouts to allow nails to be driven through without splitting the rails. Then we started the process of fitting the rail sections to the turnouts. We were able to get track laid around about a third of the "outer loop." We staggered the rails in each section by about four inches so there would be no kinks on the curves.
We've got a long way to go to get the rails fully installed. We'll pick it up again when we're able to get together for another work session.
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