This weekend I finely 90% finished my floor layout. I know this is no where near what most of you out there have built. Since I don't have a basement I used my bonus room (21 ft long, 15 Ft wide). The whole point was to keep it simple and create a winter theme. I used 1inch boards as my base, put the bathroom mats down Rewired power leads to the track, replaced most of the O72 curves with O84.
The yard was built with a cork board base with five sidings with carpet padding to transition from the 1 inch boards used on the main line. This allowed the yard to sit about 1 inch below the main line.
The tracks and buildings received a coat of Santa snow. this allowed the tracks to blend in and look like it had been snowing.
Materials used:
compressed 1 in wood
other 1 in boards
Artic white bathroom mates from Walmart
Fast Track
Santa Snow
Cork Board
Things left to do. Hang flat screen TV on the wall with shelf for the cable, DVD Player, and sound system. Then I can remove the stand and open up for viewing purposes the side where my station is and add a back ground at track level. find a couch that allows better view of the layout. add some dept 56 buildings and more trees and shrubbery. Finish the river crossing. Tell me what you think.
