Extension: Build progress part two

More patch leads have been made.

The front boards will eventually be converted over to patch leads, the connectors for the new sections have arrived ready for installation.

Here the first hole for the dowel pins has been drilled and the female pin pressed into position. Lots of measuring before making the holes in order to get the new section to line up with the old.

The new section will fit in between these two boards. We need to ensure that the boards will work in both configurations and that the tracks still line up if we need to run at 16ft.

With the dowel pins fitted, new catches need to be installed, again these need to line up in both configurations.

Work can now begin to lay the tracks.

The main inner & outer lines go in first.

Followed by the sidings.

Unfortunately, due to time constraints (and only having 8 soldered track sections when I needed 10!) work had to be halted once we got to this stage. The two outer tracks were fixed down at each end as a reference point so that I could work on the board at home.

And, 50 long straights and 10 cut track sections later, the fiddle yard section has its track laid.

I've modified some tracks using a different method this time, this leaves a long track section at each end of the boards and will make alignment and connection much easier. Later on I will revisit the track sections on the adjoining boards and tidy them up using the same principle.

Next job is to add the electrical connectors and wire up. 

Then we can move on to the front section...