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Advice for movable (not truly portable) layout creation
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<p>Further pondering of my layout has me leaning towards a slightly crazy idea of a movable surface for my project. Since I am a tabletop wargamer and now a new model-train hobbyist, I ideally would have the train layout on top of my gaming table, able to be moved to the side in my basement while gaming, then put back immediately afterwards.</p><p>My basement is large enough to support this temporary move of the 5x8 tabletop across the room (on top of my dog's kennel and my painting table) but not large enough for 2 tables. Hence my movable idea.</p><p>My concept is to take the L girder I have read so much about for benchwork, but instead of placing the joists above the created L girders, I place them level with the girders. Then I attach the roadbed risers as described in the L-girder system and use a cork floor material I have excess of instead of plywood for the roadbed. Lastly, I plan to use a pink-foam construction between and above the joists to create the layout's terrain surface. </p><p>I am hoping this would result in a relatively lightweight layout that can be moved in the same room without damaging the scenery and trackwork.</p><p>Any advice, knowledge, opinions, etc... would be appreciated. </p>
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