A very big table

Some very good progress inside the Trainbarn this last month.  The 'table' for the Tri-ang 00 layout is now completely finished, which has been quite a big job.

In the post from last month this 'construction' was just three support sides, now it's finished!  I have copied the covers of several Tri-ang catalogues that I own and had them block-mounted and it is these that can be seen around the base.  I have nearly all the catalogues now, but the problem in our area is that no-one does block-mounting.  Eventually though, all the covers prior to the Hornby era will be mounted around the base.

As you can see there is some track appearing on the table!  I am working to a basic plan, from one of Tri-ang's track plan books, but much expanded.  I am also squeezing in some Minic Motorway roads so I need to optimise the space available, particularly the width.  Each piece of track needs to be cleaned and inspected carefully prior to being laid, as most of it has been used before and it is all at least 50 years old.  I am aiming initially just to get one circuit fully complete so that I can run trains properly, and then build on that as time and track become available.  Needless to say though that trains have already been run, for testing purposes!

With this year rapidly coming to a finish I've called 'tea' on any further layout building for the year, but will use the remaining time to finish off the many small jobs on the Trainbarn building itself.  I am really happy to be able to finally get a lot of my collected Tri-ang items out of their boxes and onto the layout.  I think it will be a very interesting layout to run and view once it's done!