Board 4 & 5

Boards 4 and 5 are the most recent boards to be constructed, and at time of writing are still be constructed! Board 4 is wired correctly, and once that had been achieved testing of the track power supply and control could begin properly.



Board 4 is the simplest track layout to date, although it must be stressed the return loops and the top of the branch needs to be added. The power is supplied either directly from board 1 or via the three isolation switches mounted on the frame. These switches will control power flow for this entire side of the layout.



Board 5 begins the loop back whilst the front of the board maintains the track gap scale the back of the board has to be narrower to get it on. As this won't be seen it doesn't overly matter. There is no power wired into board 5 at time of writing, but there will be. Board 5 also shows the 'junction' where the branch crosses the mainline. The rest of the branch line track after this point is not laid and will be altered.



Finally here are the two boards together and joined to board one. As you can see the photo features my Mallard test loco! I thought it would be apt! :)