Raised on the Erie Lackawanna Mainline- Supt. of the Black River Transfer & Terminal R.R.
Judging by the haircuts, they didnt update the photos..
Seriously though, there is not a lot of info on modular benchwork.. some.. but the meat of the book remains constructing L-girder or open grid benchwork and associated roadbed and risers.
You may be better off with some old MRR articles or finding stuff on the web to supplement whats in the old book.
Chris
I have the new one, I suspect the spline roadbed and the foam stuff is the bulk of additions, but without the original, I'm only guessing. It is a great book a must have for a newbie library.
Just my 2 cents,
Joe
Jeff But it's a dry heat!
I have the same book. I don't know if it is worth buying a newer edition or not. If you have been in the hobby since you got that, you have pretty much kept up with things. If not, a newer edition may help. The big change that I have seen since then is the move toward the blue and pink builders foam for layouts and scenery forms.
As far a construction for portability or moving a layout, the new one I have just started is being built in modular form. Generally a 2 X 7 or 8 foot section with a basic frame, a sheet of Luan on that, and a one inch thick piece of blue foam on top of that. The foam allows for scenery effects to be carved "below grade" without any real problems. The Luan gives a bottom surface that you can attach things to underneath. If you think you are going to go "deep", you can either use thicker foam, or just raise the roadbed up higher on strips of foam.
I make those sections as my "towns" and switching modules. They are then either placed on a larger base bench or set up with the back attached to the wall and legs on the front. Lets say that I have four modules and I find that we have moved, and now I have a larger space. I may just put each module in a corner, then build a main line track between them with minimal investment of time and money. By building in a modular form, you don't loose all of your work when you move or get a different space.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.