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Mark Boyce posted:

Blake, That Mianne installation looks great!

One question.  What are the long openings and extra cross braces for that I circled in a copy of one of your photographs?  Thank you.

Blakes Mianne

Hey Mark,  that area is a lift up.  Since I couldn’t access the center area,  I decided to install this.  All I do is crawl under and push it up.  I’ll put in two pins on both sides to hold it up long enough for me to do work.

Amfleet25124 posted:
Blake Morris posted:

Shout out to Tim Foley with Mianne Benchwork for a job well done.  The Benchwork is complete and now onto the plywood.

Mianne Benchwork is the best.  Just read through this entire thread.  Congratulations on all that you have built so far.

Thanks Kevin,  

It’s a work in progress!

 

Blake,

Just followed through your thread here. I only wished I could have a separate building for my trains and a layout. The wife would install a folding bed there for me.

Like the pop up idea. On our club layout in 3 corners of our room, we put a triangular pop up with a few building on each, something not heavy so you could easily lift it up and have access there. Usually for a derailed train. Made our pop ups from foam board and thin plywood, scenicked them and have a building or two on them which are easily removeable.

Looking forward to more pictures on your progress. My club's picture progress is under the annoucements page here under Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders. We have 15 pages of pictures throughout the last 5 years there.

Ted Bertiger posted:

Blake,

Just followed through your thread here. I only wished I could have a separate building for my trains and a layout. The wife would install a folding bed there for me.

Like the pop up idea. On our club layout in 3 corners of our room, we put a triangular pop up with a few building on each, something not heavy so you could easily lift it up and have access there. Usually for a derailed train. Made our pop ups from foam board and thin plywood, scenicked them and have a building or two on them which are easily removeable.

Looking forward to more pictures on your progress. My club's picture progress is under the annoucementts page here under Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders. We have 15 pages of pictures throughout the last 5 years there.

Thanks for the comments Ted!  Your clubs layout looks great.

Blake

Mark Boyce posted:

Blake, I can't answer your question about 1" versus 2" foam, but I just want to say the lift up access looks great!  Well thought out and built!

Thanks Mark, but I think I will just go ahead with the 1' foam board.  As long as the screws don't go all away through to the board itself, there should be minimal sound.  I appreciate the comment on the lift gate.

Blake

Blake M.

Your layout has plenty of available space for a suburban zone with homes and neighborhood stores; also a downtown area for buildings and maybe an industrial area too. Some hobbyists fill the available platform space with track and operating accessories, sometimes to the point where's no space left for homes, structures, buildings, and accompanying people figures; which help to bring a layout to life with a "human presence."

Carry on, regardless ..

Mike Mottler    LCCA 12394
mottlerm@gmail.com

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