Peter, thanks for the photos, they answered several questions I had. I also watched the 4x8 assembly video again and got some more answers just from that. I had watched it before, but it was more to see what Mianne was all about before I was actually considering it, so I didn't pay close attention and had forgotten it was on their website.
Your benchwork sure looks nice and as much as I'd like to build my own, I wouldn't mind assembling a kit either, actually looks like fun. I'd still be building it, just not doing all the measuring and cutting.
Like I said, since I haven't gotten any negative feedback regarding the size of my layout, I'm going to mark it out on the floor with tape tomorrow and then contact Mianne to see what they come up with. I did note that I might need to adjust the 46" module because of the extra 1 3/4" needed for the legs. That will also affect the width of the river section, but the river is already flexible. Basically I'd be ordering 2 separate kits, one 54"x156", the other 54"x136", and linking them together.
As I'm composing this, I just happened to think that rather that tape off the benchwork outline, I'm going to tape together some newspaper in the shape of my 30"x54", 30"x46" and 30"x66" modules. That way I'll be able to envision the tabletops that much better. I'll take those in place and then use them with my RealTrax to see how the curves, etc., look. I could be wrong, but I think RealTrax has the same "track" footprint as ScaleTrax, just with the plastic roadbed added.
Anyway, this has been another good discuss and has raised my confidence level a lot.
BTW, my engine hasn't run in over a year. I assume I should oil it before I start running it again?
