Porth Chwedl (Fable Port)

[David Hennessey]

17/11/23

The surface tops and 'wall' parts on both sections, were given a coat of white primer this morning. Both pieces are currently drying out, with one or two more layers of ordinary paint expected to be applied shortly.










Once the painting has been done, the track laying can finally get underway. More on that, in due course.

Comments welcome as always.

[David Hennessey]

16/05/2024

Time to dust this thread off, and bring another snippet of progress. My apologies for lack of updates, but I lost the mojo for a bit. I have however, started to pick up again now, and am currently nearing the end of the track laying process.

I have installed two run round loops (one for the station, and another for the harbour area), and a few sidings. I have carefully laid out the track and used the relevant fishplates accordingly, but whether or not it is correct for wiring up is yet to be seen. In particular, 'isolator' fishplates on the insides of points, on both loops.

Below, is a montage of progress made thus far (photos taken on my Iphone); a proper record will follow in due course.


























A few points. The 'harbour' loop is long enough to accommodate up to 3 small wagons (with enough room to allow the loco to run round), and at least one of the sidings has yet to receive a buffer stop.

Other options being considered, are isolated sections, to enable as many locos to operate as possible without any interference.

More to follow shortly. Comments welcome as always.

[Alec Hudson]

You're missing insulated rail joiners on some of the live frogs.

Alec

[David Hennessey]

You're missing insulated rail joiners on some of the live frogs.

Alec

Figured I was going wrong somewhere with that one... I might have to make some adjustments anyway. Thanks all the same, for the feed back.

[JulienW]

Essentially both rails coming out of the frog needs an insulated rail joiner when using live frog points.

[David Hennessey]

25/08/2024


Time to dust this thread off, and give a long-awaited progress update... Incidentally, it's coming up to a year since this project got started!

Not much to report, but a lot of tinkering and adjustment has been made with the trackwork, including the installation of point motors (Peco PL-10E on their appropriate mounts), extending of the headshunt and sidings, and cutting some rails to create 'isolated' sections.

Below is a photo montage of the progress made so far, plus a few 'posed' scenes.




Trackwork almost finished...




Underneath... (Please excuse the shoddy jigsaw cutouts; sanding of the edges will be carried out soon.)


Odin docked back in the harbour, as a short freight draws alongside...






The harbour loop, long enough to accommodate 3 small wagons.




Linda arriving with a passenger train, at the proposed station area.


And a couple of posed scenes, to show what the station and harbour areas are intended to be like:






More to follow soon, including the wiring process. Comments welcome as always.