No experience with the points you raised.
One concern not mentioned, namely the need to get under the layout, ot else turn up on an edge, to do/repair wiring. Wiring will go wrong every now and then.
Dave
I would think the vibration of openign and closign the drawers, especially closing when you forget to guide it all the way in and just let them slide shut, will knock structures around and definitely knock rolling stock off the rails. A fully loaded drawer in one of thsoe has some significant weight and the whole thing shakes pretty good when the drawers close.
WHile the use of the "air space" is tempting - I'd install legs and keep the layout structure physically isolated from the cabinets. A 4 foot span is not too far between legs. If you make L girders, you can span even further, so if you have two cabinets right next to each other, you only need legs on the outside.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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rrinker While the use of the "air space" is tempting - I'd install legs and keep the layout structure physically isolated from the cabinets. A 4 foot span is not too far between legs. If you make L girders, you can span even further, so if you have two cabinets right next to each other, you only need legs on the outside.
While the use of the "air space" is tempting - I'd install legs and keep the layout structure physically isolated from the cabinets. A 4 foot span is not too far between legs. If you make L girders, you can span even further, so if you have two cabinets right next to each other, you only need legs on the outside.
Rich
Alton Junction