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Good Afternoon Folks, a little later than usual, but I am just back from my second day of consulting the two guys who want to run that TV station. It feels good to be back in to my "old" job routine. Zoe, a [B], please, and something to munch on - how about crackers and cheese? Thank you. Galaxy - 2000 posts? A long way to catch up with Jeff, who is only surpassed by Crandell. I am zeroing in on post # 3,000, which I will most likely achieve by the end of the year. Ken - preparing track plans can become a hobby of its own [:-^]. But beware of being caught by a bad case of analysis paralysis, which I tend to be. That´s why I don´t touch my track plan any more. I am still having difficulties putting your druthers into a basic concept for a layout. One of the issues is to keep those 4 mains which you´d like to have, separated from each other, without cramming too much track into the given space. Accessibility is a big issue, and if you incorporate too many duck-unders, fly-overs, lift-outs and poop-ups, you are going to hate this one day. A layout of the size you envision may easily take 10 years to complete and believe me, 10 years ago I did not have the problems crawling on my 4 feet that I have now. Bob - Hamburg has changed a lot since the 1970´s. The re-unification of Germany brought back Hamburg´s "Hinterland", turning the city into a boom town. St. Pauli has lost lots of its old character by turning into a fashionable quarter with a demi-monde touch. I still find it to be Germany´s most attractive city! I am still pondering about my benchwork issue. The problem I have is its irregular shape an the lack of professional woodworking tools to cope with any other angle than either 45 or 90 degrees. The benchwork needs to be lightweight, as I may have to be able to move the layout. What I have come up with is a mixture of L-girder and open grid benchwork. My idea is to use two 1x4s as a "spine" and set plywood "ribs"every 12", to which I fasten the plywood "baseboard". The whole contraption will be mounted on shelf brackets, attached to wall-mounted metal rails. Does that make sense? A big [#welcome] to all the Diner´s new patrons! TTFN
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