Mosslanda: Night Shift - sliding magnet sliding sector…
Using an IKEA Mosslanda as a display shell gives each HiFi micro cameo layout a neat, white edge. The visual benefit is consistency, the limitation is fitting uncoupling magnets ‘on stage’… From an operational perspective, Night Shift is similar to Paxton Road (and Gerald Road 2 ). However, the white fixed front edge of the Mosslanda would not permit fitting of sliding uncoupling magnets. On Penpont I fitted fixed magnets, but whilst these work, they’re a little less flexible as everything that crosses them uncouples! So the idea of fitting a sliding uncoupling magnet to the sliding sector plate seemed the only possible, albeit difficult, option. In the end it wasn’t white as difficult as I feared. I used a razor saw to cut the slot and rather than fit the magnet in a box, I built it into the board directly. It isn’t quite as smooth, but at least proves the concept. It works, but has a small limitation. The motion isn’t as smooth as I’d like, which could be improved on a mk2, but eit...
