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Hello I've become allergic to dust for some reason. I'm about to build my first layout with my two sons. We have already built the benchwork, using really nice, dried pine that I sanded and cleaned. We built it just like the Sievers' Benchwork that you see advertised. It is a "shelf" layout ... 2' X 12', and we are going to have a little HO switching thing. The layout is in a little room I use as an office, working 8 hours a day in, and sometimes I even end up sleeping the night in there. Are there any building materials that I should avoid, because of my allergies and the amount of time I spend in there? Do any of you guys have any problems? Any materials deteriorate over time or something? Any old plywood is OK? The room is kept climate controlled, no humidity. Again, it is just a little switching layout --- industrial spurs, engine yard and shop, etc. No hills or rivers. Flat. No cork roadbed. Just a dirty industrial setting. I'm about to buy a DCC system (still undecided as to which system) and three quality loco's. Should I just throw some plywood up there? Too noisy and hard? Homosote (painted first) on top of the plywood? Are there better materials? Thanks alot. Jim BTW .....My two sons, ages 12 and 14, always thought anything model trains was corny. We recently saw a layout that a local club was operating, and my boys became all excited about it. One boy has been putting together a Walther's engine shed, the other boy ... a coal tipple thing. Operating with DCC, track layout, weathering, they're learning everything. They both have football camp in the morning.... come home all muddy and hurting, and then they go right for the train stuff. This little intial setup is really costing me alot of money (my wife does not even realize it yet), but I'll do anything to keep them off the couch and the TV and video games.
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