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[quote user="cuyama"]Maybe not that much. If one must have an island layout, a 5X9 or 5X10 is much more amenable to HO standard gauge equipment than is the Sacred Sheet 4X8. The benchwork might be 30% more? But benchwork is a tiny fraction of the cost of an HO layout compared to track, trains, structures, et al. Why scrimp?[/quote] Sorry, should have specified 4x8 as compared to the around the walls option.  That ping pong table that came up makes good ready benchwork.  Its what supported the 4x8 we had at my grandparents house.  There was I think 2x4s on laying on the flat on the 4" side that allowed space for the wiring underneath.  The trains could be removed and layout flipped up on one side so that ping pong could be played.  [quote user="dstarr"]And you can get plywood home from the lumberyard in the puniest car.  Lay a towel on the roof to protect the paint, and lash it down with clothesline run thru the windows.  Keep your speed down lest it get airborne dispite the clothesline.[/quote] You may be able to get away with that in the northwoods of NH, but in some states you will get a ticket for improperly securing a rooftop load.  If it comes off the car, you can spend time in jail (if said piece of plywood causes an accident).
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