QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman I think you could do the same with a decent benchwork and foam, buy the WS products separately and have fun making all the layout from scratch. You would then have money left over to buy more cars!! BTW what is your quote from the profile from? Is that a movie? Seems slightly familiar.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ereimer in the beginning of the video they ask if you know it takes hundreds of hours of planning to design a model railroad ... as if this system eliminates that , which it doesn't . it also doesn't seem to include any kind of benchwork to hold the layout off the floor so you're still going to have to use those nasty powertools . and you still have to do some modifications to the modules because i've never seen a room yet that would fit some exact multiple of a 3 foot module. so i guess they look pretty cool , and doing a couple of them would be a great way to get into model railroading and learning the WS scenery system , but i can't imagine building a whole layout with them. just for fun i priced out the cost of building an around the walls layout in a 12x12 room . no islands , nothing fancy , and assuming a duckunder at the door . 8 x straight module @ 73.49 = 587.92 4 x corner module @ 88.99 = 355.96 total = 943.98 now that does include a lot of scenery material , but i suspect that using pink or blue foam , crumpled newspapers and plaster cloth you'd still have enough money left over to buy all the other scenery stuff (ballast , roadbed , ground foam , paint etc) and probably some track too
QUOTE: Originally posted by loathar P.S.-Better watch that Super Cheif pic.Your going to get somebody on a reservation all riled up and they'll start picketing our forums.[:D]