Our baseboard kit is particularly suited to
those who want a single-piece baseboard for a Hornby layout.
Aimed at starters using a typical Hornby
trainset, the standard HM baseboard kit provides a 6ft by 4ft
board which folds flat for storage. It is intended to accommodate
Hornby's trackmat but could be used for any track layout which
can be fitted on that board size. Other modular baseboards are
available from HM at 8 Front Road Woodchurch,
Ashford, Kent TN26 3QE by special request.
The kit provides for a lightweight 6ft by 4ft top with folding
legs and comes complete with all fittings including adjustable
feet and hinges. It requires rather less skill to assemble than
the average piece of 'knock-together' self-assembly flat-packed
furniture and uses good quality traditional woodworking joints
such as the mortice and tenon. |
The underside of the board showing the cross-bracing
and the arrangement of the folding legs and braces. |
The
completed HM Baseboard with a Hornby Trackmat. This should be
glued in place.To remove the creases the trackmat could be carefully
ironed- with a cool iron-on the unprinted side. |
| Building your HM Baseboard from a supplied kit |
1: Begin by identifying the parts. There are
three 6ft timbers and four four 4ft ones. These all have cross-halving
joints cut in them. The 3in deep pieces form the front, back
and sides of the frame while the 2in pieces are the inter-locking
cross-braces. |
2: Lay out the parts on a flat surface and its easy to see how
they fit together, all the cut-outs interlocking. At this point
the joints can be opened, PVA wood glue applied and fitted
back together again before being fixed with the pins supplied. |
3: Check
the frame is square and test fit the top,which comprises three
4ft by 2ft plywood sheets. Align the first sheet carefully with
the frame edge, apply glue to frame and pin the sheet in place
carefully. |
4: The First sheet should overlap the first
crossbrace by a
¼ in or so. Butt the second plywood sheet up to it, align it carefully
and glue as before. The sheet is then pinned in place. Repeat with the third
sheet. |
5: If you are adding the Hornby Trackmat it
can be glued in place with PVA wood glue.The standard sheet is
printed on thick paper while the Hogwarts trackmat is polythene
and may be less easy to glue. |
6: The leg units are 2 frames formed of 2in by 1in timbers. The
uprights are identified by their long slots, while the top and
bottom rails are distinguished by different sized tenons. Just
glue and press firmly home. |
7: The completed leg frame. Triangular MDF braces
will be glued and pinned to the lower end of the legs. Screw-in
adjustable feet are provided together with strap hinges to be
fitted to the top end of the legs . |
8: The folding braces are MDF strips supplied
pre-drilled. They locate in the slot and are retained by nocking
in a dowel pin.The single countersunk flap of the hinge is screwed
to the top of the leg. |
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9: The top end of
the brace fits onto a readymade dowel block. Check the position
and glue and screw the block into place. The remaining hinge
flap is countersunk on both sides to allows it to be fixed to
the board frame from the back.
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10: The finishing leg arrangement will allow
both leg units to fold up inside the baseboard frame for flat
storage.The leg braces drop back into the slots and the whole
unit, though large, is not unduly heavy. |
Self assemble
kit : Frame, ply tops,folding or disassemble static
legs, fittings and instructions
Cost: £80 [plus extra £5 for adjustable feet]
Delivery charge: £20
Ready made kit: Includes all above
Cost: £125
Delivery charge:£35
Contact
us now about ordering a new baseboard.
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Instructions taken
from an article featuring the HM Baseboard kit in Model Rail
magazine.
Download
the full magazine article here [808kb download] . Adobe
Acrobat reader required.
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