I have been building railway baseboards from scratch today. The results are… good enough that I’ll probably not buy any more. The ones I need right now are all odd sizes so I was never going to pay for custom ones anyway.
So far:
- 600x450 built, legs cut and fitted (image 2)
- 550x400 built, including incline towards the reverse loop behind the backscene, legs cut but not fitted (image 1).
These boards are importantly as they complete the rear run of baseboards and turn the corner. They link into a hidden reverse loop which can’t be built until these boards are in place, and the incline to the upper station.
Both baseboards need sanding to their exact dimensions, and the backscene boards cutting and fitting. Then I can bolt them into position.
The final picture shows their arrangement on the layout, the bottom left corner is the left rear corner of the overall layout.
PROGRESS!!!