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My first trainset was a 4x8 table (Plywood) And it was a basic oval around the the whole track with some turnouts, and small time staging areas. No Roadbed though, also it had to run off tracks that stoped at the edge of the table ( The corner...) for extensions. I hated the way that it was set up because it was not something I planed it was an exact copy out of one of the Model Railroader books( At least an exact copy of the track plane but not anything else...[V]) Plus wiring was next to impossible to accomplish...[xx(] The area was Under neath the table was closed off.... for good.[banghead] SSSOOOO I took everything off the table exept the meeger scenery, and then took a Chainsaw to the table and cut it up...[(-D] And used the 2x4 pieces of the old table to start the new set. Which is done in diaramas... piece by piece. [tup] I learned that Starting big (4x8) Is not the best way to go sometimes ( especially if your a newbie to model railroading. and a small start (2x4 or 3x4 Point A to B Diaramas are better... at least for me! [:0]Oh and I almost forgot USE ROADBED! It makes too much noise with out roadbed...[D)][:D]
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