A while back I mentioned that I was writing an article about model railroading.
Well, now it's up.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
We've got wood
Finally made that trip to Home Despot today and purchases all of the framing lumber for my layout.
I'm using a slightly different approach than I last wrote about here, thanks to advice from my friend Keith. I'm still using ripped plywood instead of dimensional lumber. The siderails will be just 1/4 inch thick plywood. Cross joists will be 3/4 inch plywood, nailed and glued to the siderails. This is the same system Keith and a group of N-scale modelers use for a system of modules they're making. The frame is then topped with a 1/4 plywood slab. On top of that (and this is different from the aforementioned module system) will be 2-inch-thick insulation foam -- in this aspect, adapted from MR's Beer Line layout approach.
I got a lot of the lumber ripped at Home Despot, but for final trimming, I'm turning to a friend who has a radial arm saw and a table saw to get pieces to their final, finished size. That happens this week.
I'm using a slightly different approach than I last wrote about here, thanks to advice from my friend Keith. I'm still using ripped plywood instead of dimensional lumber. The siderails will be just 1/4 inch thick plywood. Cross joists will be 3/4 inch plywood, nailed and glued to the siderails. This is the same system Keith and a group of N-scale modelers use for a system of modules they're making. The frame is then topped with a 1/4 plywood slab. On top of that (and this is different from the aforementioned module system) will be 2-inch-thick insulation foam -- in this aspect, adapted from MR's Beer Line layout approach.
I got a lot of the lumber ripped at Home Despot, but for final trimming, I'm turning to a friend who has a radial arm saw and a table saw to get pieces to their final, finished size. That happens this week.
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