This afternoon my team and I have been building some more cassettes. This time I have gone for the all white look.

My team consisted of a Bachmann 64xx which I used to check joins and levels before the Big Boys came out to play, my two Dapol Class 52's, which are heavy. They were used to flatten and hold down the track until the super glue dried.

Oscar just supervised until he got bored and dozzzzzzed off………

Hi John,

Regular tins of beans (or carrots, soup, haggis, dog food…, around 400 gm) have just the right curvature to sit nicely between the rails and the right weight to compress evenly over their length. Use the contents and fill with concrete and they're even better.

What material are you using? White is nice, but…. Not having a frame on each side could be a bit risky when moving them around, or sliding across the runners Or do you have a clever scheme for that? Is that bare wood or do you have some of that low friction high molecular weight polyethylene tape in place?

Nigel

They are 2mm Aluminium, powder coated white. I also have one that has a black front area for when I am operating with the tunnel cover on.

The runners and end stops are bare wood, I attach rare earth magnets to the end stop, this makes it removable but more than strong enough to stop the trains sliding off. A buffer stop performs this task at the other end and prevents any accidental over shooting of the rails when in operation.

The powder coated Aluminium slides easily over the wooden batons and the gap allows me to easily lift the cassettes up and slide them along the board to line each track up with the lay out track.

Only having a raise on one side is to facilitate easy loading of the cassettes. I hold them at a slight angle to avoid their precious cargo falling off. 

John.

Hi John,

Neat. No gluing except the track. I shall shamelessly borrow and use the materials. Silicone instead of superglue though. Plus some tins of HBB.

Nigel

Nigel

Nigel

Thank you Nigel. Silicone is a great idea  :) I have also made a quarter black one for use on night time ops.












I have made some, on request,  for a friend of mine, Tim, who is building a lay out in his spare room.