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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jwar Hi Chip. Being that you have the construction experience behind you, good bracing practices, and wood working skills, I would strongley suggest go for it with Kiln lumber. Save the steel prices and get rolling stock with what you save. I think where some go wrong with wood frames is the proplems caused by using a hammer and shaking it to death, use verious lenghts of drywall screws, battery screw driver, miter saw, perhaps another 1/4 drill with a relief counterbore drill and I bet with your stated skills, You probley have the tools to do it now...it's a two day job and your laying track next monday. Besides were not supporting a great amount of weight on top of the layout, over kill is good to a point, then it gets priceeeeeeie..take care...John [/quote] Thought the MR article stated that steel was cheaper? Also the support issue would comeinto pplay if you are using a lot of plaster in a mountain type layout, some HO engines, can get up there in weight, also I remember seeing photos of some guys working on their layouts and actually on top the benchwork. So not sure what to think. I used 2X2's and 1X3's for the edging. No nailing, strictly pre-drilled and screwed/ Seems pretty solid, but I used blue foam for the base of the layout, also doing N scale has a definate weight advantage.
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