Managed to turn a bunch of lumber into a giant table over the weekend. It was a long weekend, mostly doing all the cutting and construction myself.
My two boys did provide some much-needed muscle to move the lumber around and to bring finished parts from the garage to the basement. And they were invaluable on clean-up duty.
Dad is recovering well and managed to get involved in the installation, helping me with measurements and clamps and squares.
So the framework is all in now. We put the table tops on loosely, but we're currently going back and forth on whether we want homasote or if we should put in a drop ceiling for noise. Obviously want that in before fastening down the table tops, so we're in a holding pattern while dad gets some pricing.
Dad made it clear to me that he wants this layout to be "a giant toy train" and not a finely detailed scale model. So we will probably paint the table top, but there is not going to be a ton of scenic work beyond the couple dozen plasticville buildings and accessories that Dad has.
