Mosslanda: Night Shift - sliding magnet sliding sector…

Using an IKEA Mosslanda as a display shell gives each HiFi micro cameo layout a neat, white edge. The visual benefit is consistency, the limitation is fitting uncoupling magnets ‘on stage’…From an operational perspective, Night Shift is similar to Paxton Road (and Gerald Road 2). However, the white fixed front edge of the Mosslanda would not permit fitting of sliding uncoupling magnets. On Penpont I fitted fixed magnets, but whilst these work, they’re a little less flexible as everything that crosses them uncouples! So the idea of fitting a sliding uncoupling magnet to the sliding sector plate seemed the only possible, albeit difficult, option.In the end it wasn’t white as difficult as I feared. I used a razor saw to cut the slot and rather than fit the magnet in a box, I built it into the board directly. It isn’t quite as smooth, but at least proves the concept. It works, but has a small limitation. The motion isn’t as smooth as I’d like, which could be improved on a mk2, but either…