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[quote user="andrechapelon"][quote user="gear-jammer"] <p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="3">LadyT, 6 X 10 is a great size but remember that access in the center could be difficult. If you won't need to access the center, finish it first. We cut holes from the bottom in case of derailments in tunnels.</font></p><p><font size="3">I like the geodesic foam hardshell and rocks/ molds from <a href="http://www.bragdonent.com/">http://www.bragdonent.com/</a> because it is light and realistic. If it sets up on you too fast, just heat it with a hairdryer to reshape it. It may seem spendy, but I have found it to be about the same as foam/plaster cloth.</font></p><p><font size="3">Use cardboard strips to shape.</font></p><p><font size="3">[IMG]http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m232/gearjammers/DSC_0017.jpg[/IMG]</font></p><p><font size="3">Do hard shell then cover with rocks</font></p><p><font size="3">[IMG]http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m232/gearjammers/DSC_0063.jpg[/IMG]</font></p><p><font size="3">[IMG]http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m232/gearjammers/DSC_0100-1.jpg[/IMG]</font></p><p><font size="3">[IMG]http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m232/gearjammers/DSC_0100.jpg[/IMG]</font></p><p><font size="3">Also a digital camera is great to share.</font></p><p><font size="3">Sue</font></p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Extending what Sue has said, you also might want to consider doing an around the walls layout. The problem with island (i.e. table) type layouts is that so much of the room space is occupied with an access aisle. A 6x10 layout with one 6 foot end against a wall and 2 foot wide access aisles needs a 10x12 room minimum. Furthermore, the room is unuseable for anything else. If, instead, we use those two foot aisles for for the bench layout and leave the center open, you can build what is essentially a 10x12 foot layout, leaving a 6x8 open area in the center. Built high enough as a shelf layout, most of the room could be useable (i.e. it could be used as a spare bedroom as well as a layout room.</p><p>Building an around the walls layout has another advantage in that you are standin INSIDE the curves. Looking at a train going around a curve from the inside makes the curve look like it's a larger radius than it actually is. </p><p>Although the site I'm about to link talks about 4x8 layouts, any layout that's essentially big table occupies a lot of room space. I also has a lot of area in the middle that's hard to reach. Link: <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~mrsvc/id28.html">http://home.earthlink.net/~mrsvc/id28.html</a></p><p>Check out Lance Mindheim's site for some more ideas. I'm not shilling for his layout design business, but the photo galleries might help you get some ideas. Lance's site: <a href="http://www.shelflayouts.com/">http://www.shelflayouts.com/</a></p><p>And then there's Blair Kooistra's site. <a href="http://www.wwvrailway.com/">http://www.wwvrailway.com/</a>. Kooistra's layout is a shelf type switching layout with no provision for continuous running. Kooistra's old WWV layout plan: <a href="http://www.wwvrailway.com/images/WWV%20plan%20with%20labels.JPG">http://www.wwvrailway.com/images/WWV%20plan%20with%20labels.JPG</a> . He's building a new one. </p><p>Hope some of this helps.</p><p>ANdre</p><p> </p>[/quote] Greetings Andre, Thanks for the websites, I'm going to them now. I sure THANK YOU for all the advise, I feel like with all the info I can't go wrong. Will keep you informed on my progress, I'm sure I'll have more questions.
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