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Hi people, I'm an Aussie, so I hope you don't mind me sticking my nose into this one. I have built a 14' x 30' steel framed outbuilding (we call 'em sheds) that has been wired, lined , lighted and carpeted. One bay 14' x 10' is separarted by a wall of bookshelves for my 25 years of model Railroaders, prototype info, and Australian Model Railway Magazines, my computer and accesories, work bench etc. The rest contain the benchwork for a mushroom style layout in N Scale based on the line from Adelaide (capital city of South Australia) to Morgan, an old river port that had its heyday in the early 20th century, with a branch line to the famous winery area of the Barossa Valley. The layout is based on the mid 1950's and so incorporates both steam and diesel power, a lot of 4 wheel open wagons and Goods Vans (10' wheel based box cars) carrying dried fruit, bales of wool, firewood and livestock, and of course barrels and cases of wine. I had a bit of trouble getting my helix in, it goes both up (to the Barossa) and down (to Adelaide and the rest of the world). It is 18" radius on a 3% lift over 6 levels with only 3" between them. I strarted laying track on it yesterday - what a todo that was! In regards to joinery, I have relied on 7mm plywood and 2 x 1 clear pine for frames and 2 x 2 clear pine legs. It is not modular or mobile but is dismantlable if the worst happens and I need to move. I have attached the upper level to the cieling by screwing battons to the rafters, and have suspended Masonite (Hardboard) from it. The upper level is screwed directly to the Masonite which is not framed nor has any other stiffening. My timberwork is nowhere as heavy as some seen in MR on similar designs.
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