...and I'm not done yet.
All of my other layouts have been little more than track on plywood. If I was really "into it" perhaps some green paint and sawdust for grass. Now that I'm retired, I can work as little or as much on it as I desire, so I'm taking my time to do what *I* want to do.
First off, it's a layout in the "toy train display" genre. I'm not into full scale or super details, but I'm progressing beyond the green paint. The layout is 4.3' x 10'. Strange measurements? Well, the board started off life as a slide-under-the-bed layout for #2 son, so it was 3.5'x6'. It was ~1/2" OSB on a 1x2 frame. I cleaned it up and put it on L-legs made from 1x2 and 1x3s. I then found a nice length of OSB that was long enough by 10" wide, so I fastened some L-angle brackets to the legs and slapped that on top, making it 6' long by 52" wide (4.3'). I was rewarded by having my son remove a sleeper sofa from the train room, so was able to lengthen the overall board to 10'.
All track is Atlas. 045 for the outer loop, 036 for the inner. Two TMCC PowerMasters & PowerHouses drive the track; the K-Line transformer powers the switches and (if you can see it) the trolley line on the far left. Will add another transformer for accessories and lights at some point.
I'm a private pilot, #2 son is an airline pilot, and #1 son is an air traffic controller, so the main thing we had to include was an airport; Plasticville terminal and hangar buildings go well with the radar antenna and rotating beacon. The rest of it is fleshed out with accessories I either had or thought would fit in the confines of the limited space. The 4 white squares are pieces of paper that represent my future "business district", but after seeing the Menards hobby shop a few minutes ago, I may have to reset my building plans....
