It's been a quiet period. Holiday travel and having to return to the thing called "work" has slowed progress down a bit. The plan this weekend is to start cutting the subroadbed and installing it so I can start laying track. The trick is taking the plan from the computer to the piece of plywood correctly so everything fits correctly. It also has to be done so the roadbed is cut 1 1/2" wide. This is easy to do on curves <= 35 inches and straight sections -- but what about those nicely flowing 156 inch radius curves? Tough to find a yard stick that big.
Weeeellllll -- Here it is !!! I used a plotter I have access to and simply printed the layout sections I'm planning on working on full size with the correct roadbed width. Here are a couple of photos of the results:
You can see the 15 inch radius section I've already cut out overlaid on the same spot on the plot. Perfect fit!! Needless to say, this will greatly reduce the complexity and time required of cutting out the subroadbed. I love technology (and being able to get to it).
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