Jeffrey's & Heathers first trip in their new Wildcat 5th wheel.
I screwed the end 1"x4" to the two 1"x4" on the adjacent table. I used a short piece of 2"x4" screwed to the...
Once the bracing is done on the legs I will only have the middle island and the north side left to build.
I installed the second half of the 10' section. Legs still need to be braced. I get it level then attach the bracing. On the other sections I...
Got the level in place to insure bench is level in both directions. Note all the stuff under the benchwork. This stuff was hidden in other...
I bought more lumber to continue the construction of the benchwork. Here I'm using 1"x4" pine with 1"x2" glued and screwed to...
Got most of the lumber off the floor and put it on the train tables
This is about 1/3 of the benchwork. I still have two other sides and the island to go.
This is the 10'x2' section that will be the east end of the layout. The layout will be 16'x14' with a 10' island in the middle running from the...
I got the masonite up on part of the benches. Looks good so far.
Second table is complete with brace for the backdrop. I stopped the bracing short of the end of the table since the backdrop will curve around...
I'm going to have a backdrop that goes around the wall areas. Since I didn't want to use the house walls as the backdrop I'm using bracing to...
I just copied what I did for the first table and at this point I'm measuring for the front legs.
Im using pieces from my first layout that I dismantled. The "L" girder benchwork is 2"x4"x96" with a 1"x2"...
Heavy Weights on 30 & 36 radius turns.
Heavy Weight Passenger Cars on 30 and 36" radius turn.
Spring Richmond NASCAR Race 2007
The layout was taken down before it even got off the ground. It was too big. I realized my mistake and dismantled it before laying any track....
Side view of the benchwork with the lower level plywood screwed down.
Side view of benchwork