Modular Benchwork for Transport

[Anonymous]

There is a model RR club in my area that I want to join. They do alot of shows with their modular layouts. Everyone in the club builds their modules differently, and not always optimally.

Has anyone designed "the perfect" module construction for ease of transportation? I searched around but there didn't seem to be anything I could find.


Thanks

[dehusman]

Depends on what you consider "perfect" is.
Light weight?
Ruggedness?
Most area?
Small enough to travel by air?
Easy of construction?

My suggestion is to use the club's standards, or look at all the construction methods the club has used and pick the one that fit your needs and construction skills.

[Anonymous]

I would say "perfect" would be
1) Light weight
2) durable
3) not too expensive to build (no titanium)

I did look at the club construction and it was okay. I was hoping somebody had a really clever plan

[Anonymous]

I would also have to ask "how are you intending to transport it, in the back seat of a mico compact car or in tractor trailer or something between?" Ie do the legs need to fold, come off, stay on? What scale, what scene, what area? Also, by definition an imperfect being such as us can't create the perfect module. Try and I promise someone somewhere will find fault with it. FRED

[seacoast]

Try N Trak its a modular N scale organization they can help or
give you ideas on transportable benchwork , Im sure it can
be adapted to a larger scale ..

[Anonymous]

One design that's quite popular over here in the UK is to use an even number of 2ft by 4ft boards, and make up wooden spacers to allow you to bolt them together with the scenic sides inwards - if you have backscenes these will protect the scenery. the resulting box is simple to transport and fairly robust too

[Anonymous]

Goof...

There are published standards for both HOTrak and NTrak modules. A variation on the NTrak is oNeTrak, which has a single main line versus triple. The smallest of the NTrak modules is 2'x2' - it can go on the front seat of your car with the legs removed.

Since you did not specify scale, here are two links to the local outfits:

http://www.hotrak.ca/ (HOTrak)
http://members.rogers.com/ovnt/ (NTrak)

Plus some other stuff:

Main NTrak: http://www.ntrak.org/

oNeTrak info is at this page (somewhere!): http://www.nvntrak.org/

HO Scale "Free-mo": http://www.free-mo.org/

Andrew