Building my new PW display style layout - w/ progress pics

[Christopher2035]

Thanks guys.  I don't think I would be this into it w/o my kids. They really make it fun. 

 

Almost everyday, my son (he’s 2) comes & asks me to run trains when we get home. The last few days I tell him, I'm working on them & we have to wait. He goes 'ok I wait 5 minute' & then asks me - 'we run trains now

 

 

[sir james I]

I liked your pics till I saw your little helper. That precious gift will overshadow the trains every time.

S.J.

[wrmcclellan]

Chris,

Very nice. I remember when my daughter was that age and also my helper. I cherish those days.

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Looks great!  Please keep posting progress.

Jim

[Christopher2035]

Was able to get a little bit of painting done last night - 

 

[KRM]

Looking good. Our last house had no basement because we were 350' from the river. So we never had a layout. Our new house has a full basement and a layout. I love it.

[Christopher2035]

It's 12 x 6.5  That little extension in the corner is 2 x 3

[rtraincollector]

Looking good including the little angle who was helping you. Nice set up. what is your main layout size ? I'm getting ready to do 5' X 8' in the near future.

[Christopher2035]

I always forget to post here, but I think I'm going to do it more often, as after reading  a bunch of topics, it seems more in line with the era of stuff I'm running. 

 

Anyway - quick back story for those who don't know me form the other forums or FB.  I had a compact PW display style layout in a spare bedroom it was featured in CTT last year). Back in August, we found out we are expecting our 3rd.  We had to shuffle some things around - the room the trains were in is now the playroom ( it's the only bedroom on the lower level of the house) and the upstairs playroom will become the new baby room.  I had to find a spot for the trains!   Being we live in Charlotte, our house doesn't have a basement ( as someone who is from up North, I still can't get used to that!), I decided ( w/ the wifey's blessing) to turn the garage into a comple finished room for the trains.    After months of work & a few false starts, I was able to get the board up this weekend.  I'm using the track plan on my previous PW display style layout, since it worked so well with a few minor tweaks, as I have a few extra feet to work with.  

 

Thought I would start a thread to post some progress pics.  A lot of these pics are just quickies w/ my cell phone. Once I get the layout up, I'll use my DSLR.

Here's a pic of my old layout - some of you may know it - 

I had this 3x7 layout as a place to run trains during the construction.  This eventually became the upper level on the new layout

 

Building the back wall/train closet - this should be completed by the weekend

 

Installed the backing wall panels & started layout construction

Had my little helper Lucia assisting me-

 

End result - 

 

Started doing a little track planning last night -