Since I just switched from N scale to S, I am in the planning stages of my new layout. I have the same space available as I had for N, so it will be a small switching layout. Mostly it will be for going through the experience of dealing with a larger scale. This will be my 8th layout.
Several years ago I came up with the idea of re-usable benchwork. My other hobby is woodworking, more specifically furniture building. The idea was to build a collection of re-usable cabinets on top of which I could build a layout. The cabinets would be used for model railroading and general household goods storage. You can never have enough storage. Here in Houston we don't have basements, so we have to almost always use a bedroom, and so providing additional storage space, while claiming real estate for the hobby provides a nice bargaining chip. Anyway, I started building those cabinets out of furniture-grade plywood and stained and lacquered the visible parts. Each cost me about $250 in materials. I also learned about ergonomics (the hard way), and so the fronts of the cabinets have no protruding parts. I built ten of the 32 cabinets before my ex and I decided to part ways. I got to keep the ten cabinets in the divorce! :-) The good news is that my new wife is into model railroading (she models HO and G). Anyway, to make a long story even longer, I am going to use those ten cabinets to serve as my foundation for my new S-scale layout. If you are interested, you can follow along on my web site (which I update every couple of days) at: http://www.fourthray.com/Peter/ The point of this e-mail is that I realized a long time ago that we spend a lot of money on wood materials, especially if we build new layouts every so often. What if we build a layout foundation that can go with us when we move and be re-used for a future layout? Just some food for thought. Peter. At 04:18 pm 07/24/2008, you wrote: >It's been quite some time since we talked about our layouts, so let >us know what you have and why you built it that way (or how you plan >to build it). What would you do differently if you could start over? > >Mark Plank ------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Vanvliet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.fourthray.com/ http://www.fourthray.com/Peter/ Houston, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
