Raising the Floors
Work is under way to create a raised walkway in the
aisles around the layout, once this is completed it should make it easier
for visitors to appreciate the layout during open days. These
photo's show the work under way and the plywood surface will be painted
after completion.
A short ramp leads up to the raised walkway from
just inside the club entrance
Looking back towards the club entrance gives
a good impression of the width of the walkway and shows the walkway
branching into the next aisle as it follows the layout around.
A unfinished section of the walkway with just
beyond it one of the existing boxes that visitors and members currently
use to get a raised view of the layout.
The
unfinished section showing the construction method
and the feet supporting the walkway.
Another view of the unfinished walkway showing the
width, currently to get the same height over the layout you would have to
drag one of the boxes into place and stand on that.
Work is starting here to finish the corner on one
corner of the walkway.
Hammers and power tools have temporarily replaced
track pins and needle nosed pliers but...
... prototypically, it still takes three men to put in one screw.
The underlying construction is very soundly built.
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