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Interesting question and interesting answers! Model railroaders tend to build a benchwork which can withstand a herd of elephants stomping through the train room and, frankly, I find it sometimes questionable, whether this is really necessary in all instances. I my quest for alternative layout foundations, i.e. benchwork, I have come across a Swiss guy building a sectional Z scale layout, using 3mm hardboard and 4 " extruded foam (XPS or Styrofoam) for the benchwork. It´s a rather simple, quick, inexpensive and rigid way to build a benchwork for the smaller scales. How that could be scaled up to HO scale or bigger I don´t know. Here is a video on how he does it: <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YjB-LFUI6cU" width="425" height="350"></iframe> Narration is in Swiss German, but the pictures speak for themselves!
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