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Question Regarding Use of L-Girders in Construction of "Troy Branch"
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<p>Bought Westcott's book years ago, but never built a L girder layout until I started the new one a couple of years back. Boy, am I impressed. All the stuff said here in support of the system is right on the mark. It's way easier than any type of box construction, uses less material, and is light weight. The flexability of the system has to be experienced to be believed. I've found that I've been able to make major changes in track routing, etc with ease. In the past I would have avoided doing this because of the difficulty in altering what I already had built.</p><p> As far as carpentry skills, it looks more complex than it really is. As others have noted the girders can be made by mating good edge to good edge, so if you goof on the ripping it doesn't matter. It's extremely forgiving. Warping of subroadbed has not been a problem. (Westcott gives distances between supports for various thicknesses of plywood. I used his recommendations) My only regret is that I didn't start using this system years ago</p><p>JBB</p><p> </p>
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