Mosslanda: Defiance - inlaid turnout…
The ‘challenge’ in modelling this latest Mosslanda based layout was inlaid track in N, especially a turnout. I like these small projects to have something I’ve not tried before to give them some impetus and energy to move from sketchbook to reality, and with a ‘spare’ Code 55 turnout from Peco here in the workshop, as threatened yesterday, I could start straight away… Peco N scale track is from a time of steam roller flanges and pizza cutter rims. This results in deep and wide flangeways that contribute to un-realistic ‘frog drop’ where modern finer wheels drop as they cross the gap between closure rails and frog. I described some modifications to a Peco turnout in a previous post to improve some of these areas - this work builds upon that turnout. I considered British finescale track but the American models are not as keen on Code 40, especially the slightly older locomotives. The other option, I figured, was Arlas as I’ve not tried this before - and I must pick up a turnout for eval...
