Terrace's progress

This week I was able to put two evenings into the terrace houses. They are now upright with the floors and internal walls in. Finally! Now the next step will be the exterior walls I think.

Earlier in the week the three electronic kits from MERG arrived. I had a look at all three to make sure all the components were in each. So now I have the minimum setup to potter around with, an inputs interface, an outputs interface, as well as the USB interface which allows me to hopefully see what will be happening with the I/O interface boards on JMRI or one of the other software applications I have (ie RocRail). I did some more research on the RocRail site (www.rocrail.net) and there are 3rd party boards which also interface with MERG CBUS that have caught my eye, namely the fast clock and LCD display board, plus a few others of interest. Anyway I still have to actually assemble them yet, so when I start this, I will take my time.

I unfortunately had to decline a running session over at Mr Mackie's today as I had a birthday party to take my son to. Boondall Ice World ice skating ring. If today was cold and miserable on the outside it was positively freezing here as you would expect on the inside! As it was I probably wouldn't have been able to get to Mr Mackie's even if this invitation hadn't been on the cards as the car is in the panel beater's following a rear-ender last week! When I got home this arvo I spent a small bit of time on Illavearf doing some more scattering of ground cover before I do the second step with the anti-static grass, maybe tomorrow.

So not sure what I'll be doing this week, terrace houses or one of the MERG kits. Maybe a bit of both!