@Ken-Oscale posted:Wow, a complex plan! Interesting! I see that the lowest layer is almost filled with track, so no opportunity for access areas except in the center of the turnback loops. Are you thinking you can get under the layout and reach up in those areas?
You may want to have the lowest staging level a bit higher, at say 42" or more, so that if you are working inside the mountains, you aren't so cramped.
The framework sits at about 46" off the floor. With one of the stools I have that has an adjustable height, I can roll under it pretty easily.
That said, after some of the other comments on the post, I've re-evaluated the staging yard and decided to move it out from the lowest level and into a work room through a tunnel in the wall. I will actually probably work on that last as I don't want to commit to tearing into the drywall just yet. :-)
I'm going to redesign this and I'll update this post, but my PC that had my SCARM license on it crashed (for unrelated reasons) and I'm waiting on a few parts to come via UPS to repair it. One of the advantages of doing this is that it will reduce the overall height of the layout by about 7-8 inches.
