Excellent suggestion, Dave; For those interested in the foam/ceiling tile method, look up "Planning and Building a Midwestern Prairie Layout by Jim Six in Kalmbach's "Model Railroad Planning" issue for 2010. You can probably order a copy from Kalmbach, as I don;t think most shops will still have it.
You might also join the Yahoo Proto-Layouts, a number of very good modelers post there and several are using this method of construction. Another source of information I have mentioned before on building with foam is Lance Mindheim's site at http://www.lancemindheim.com/index.htm . The model photos are simply amazing, and he has interesting methods for building a beautiful layout relatively quickly (since he has learned his interest in a given subject is only good for 8 years or so....). Pieter E. Roos --- On Sat, 8/21/10, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: ctxmf74 <[email protected]> > "Jeff Ngowe" <chocolatte...@...> wrote: > I do not have a jigsaw, so unless a handsaw can be used to > cut MDF, I will be using Pieter's method. I am also > wondering, do I need plywood (or OSB) underneath the 2" > foam? Would 1/2" foam be fine? > > You don't really need a saber saw to > build one small layout section. Buy a sheet of good plywood > about 3/4 thick, have the lumber yard rip it to the table > top width, then have them rip the remainder into 3.5 inch > wide strips for the framing. Then have the dimensions handy > so they can cross cut the table top and the framing strips > to the correct lengths. Ten minutes of cutting and they will > be done. All you have to do then is take it home and > nail it together. Those tracks are too close together to > need any kind of cookie cutter top, a solid top with 1/2 > inch of ceiling tile glued down would give a scale 32 inches > to carve out ditches and drainage which is plenty for a yard > or industrial area. You could add homabed precut roadbed to > the tile if you want or just glue the ties to the tile and > leave the tracks lower. Once it's all drawn out you can see > where you might want to carve out some drainage between the > rails but there won't be much need in that width. > While working out the table framing consider how to > add the switching extensions cause it's gonna be a > frustrating design to switch without them.....dave ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
