The last couple days I put in another 20 feet of benchwork. Another 10 will go in tomorrow. I am building it with "L" girder construction. Its just what I know and its is pretty easy to move or adjust cross members as the need arises. I also put the roadbed in the waterfront area that connects the lower and upper levels. My roadbed is either 1/2 homasote on 1/2 plywood or 2 pieces of 1/2 plywood sandwiched. On top of that is regular midwest cork. I learned about using caulk in these pages. I like that better than glue. And it holds the cork and the track just fine.

WEST END PROGRESS! Been workin' on the railroad. Benchwork is almost complete with two more sections to go.

Even though the ATSF Paradigm Division is still in the plywood prairie style of scenery, it is now,  with the completion of the Union Station Engine Facility, 100% functionally complete and operational in DCC.  The first video is done in a slide format and shows the general step-by-step construction & completion of the engine facility in three phases over a two month time period (June thru August 2016).  Areas of emphasis have been annotated on the individual slides and/or have additional information provided before each section of the video.

Introduction:

The Wetterau Food Services Micro Layout was completed in February of 2016.  Layout planning and construction began in 2014.  I am currently enjoying operations on the layout, and wanted to share the steps I followed in building this micro layout here on MRH.   I  have learned quite a bit in building it, and hope you will find it informative. 

Tom Conboy