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Now i know why the name Midsomer sounded familiar 😀. The sliding fiddle yard is taking shape. I used a piece of white furniture panel (62x20 cm). This is heavy and straight, just what we need. The panel with a small slot for the uncouple magnet. Here you can see the Kadee magnet, this magnet is cut in half (later more about this). And now it is covered with a piece of white paper, looks better i think. Before laying the tracks some dropper wires are soldered under each rail. All tracks are nailed on the panel and the wires are soldered on 2 pieces of copper tape. The progress so far. On the far right a short piece of track (12cm) is planned for the shunter. After uncoupling it can make a headshunt using a free track. Tomorrow we are going to work on the sliding mechanism. This will be something simple with some aluminium angle profile.

Hi all, I am about to start the build of a new layout and like to share my adventures to come. In the past i have built a few layouts in H0, 00 and N-gauge and never really finished one, sounds familiair?🤔 This time it will be a TT layout with a simple trackplan and lots of shunting fun. On my search for a small heritage line terminus i found a charming little station. It's Midsomer Norton South (Somerset & Dorset Railway) and after viewing several videos of this station on Youtube the decision was made. The frame for the baseboard is already made and the fun can begin. Midsomer Norton South station Midsomer Norton South in TT with an Inglenook shunting puzzle and at the end of the line a small sliding fiddleyard. Baseboard is 305 x 60 cm. Rolling stock : Hornby TT Track and points : Peco Couplings : Dapol Easi-Fit magnetic couplings Uncouple magnets : Kadee #308 DCC controller : DCC-EX First job this weekend is to finish the fiddle yard. More pictures coming soon. André