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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Bench work
Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 6:58 PM
I am looking for a plan for the bench work for the MR 101 railroads #58 which is the Grand River Western. Has anyone built that layout? I can build from blue prints but not from the MR book as it is shown.
Thanks
Bill Hoffer
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IRONROOSTER
Member since
June 2003
From: Culpeper, Va
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Posted by
IRONROOSTER
on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:12 PM
[#welcome] Bill,
I doubt that you will find benchwork blueprints for this plan. Except for some of the MR project railroads, they are usually not drawn nor published. I would suggest you get one of Kalmbach's books - http://store.yahoo.net/kalmbachcatalog/model-railroading-books-track-plans-and-layout-planning.html - on benchwork. They should show you how to build benchwork for this size layout.
One approach for a layout this size, is to build it as a series of smaller rectangle tables, say 4 or 5, bolted together with some special work to fill the gaps. This page has 4 single table plans with some benchwork drawings http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/215lorqk.asp
Good luck
Paul
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