Trackmaking XXXI

In the last week or so with sorting out the track and layout joins, one thing has become blindingly obvious. I seriously have to sort out the rats nest of low amperage hook up wire under the layout. Now I have memories of old stories on DCC about how everything has to be heavy duty, and that you could potentially weld locos to the track with a short (though I very much doubt that you could get enough current out of a small power unit to generate the required heat).

'Early DCC layout disasters due to poor wiring.'

Anyhoo, I still needed to sort this out. A trip down to Jaycar (Dick Smith? Whos Dick Smith) and I'm wired up to the nines. The old wire was quickly removed and new high amperage wiring put in.
Its far tidier as well.

Next up were the point throws for the center module. after my experiences with the first module this was done in a far more organised and orderly fashion, with all the soldering done at the bench before installation.

I have also cut the curtain wire to the right length and will be installing the piano wire throws in the next work session (maybe next weekend; there's also the boxfile layout to get done before the end of the month).

And then there is the question of how to power it all.

'I'm not quite sure where it's going to fit under the layout.'