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cheaper than a shoe string budget
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You want cheap materials and are willing to substitute labor for cash outflow, go find a subdivision of houses under construction. Every single house will have a pile of cut ends, materials no longer of interest to the contractor. You approach the contractor, tell him what you want, he will let you pick the pile all day. You are saving him the cost of paying someone to take the pile to the landfill. You wiill be able to pick what you might use, you do not need to haul the entire pile. If you find something smaller, like dimensioned lumber, that you want, take it home and laminate pieces together until you have the size you want. For a flat top table using cookie cutter construction to get elevation change on your layout, the larger pieces of OBS (wafer board) or plywood can be pieced together to cover as large a table as you will ever build. If you are willing to hustle, and have a friend that will haul your treasure, you can build the underpinnings for you layout for the cost of a little carpenters glue and a few screws. The track, locomotives and rolling stock can be added as slowly as you need to stay within your budget. You are not going to build anything worthwhile over a single weekend, or in a single month. If you do not hurry and do your very best, your budget just might match your more comfortable pace. I've been modelling this way for over 40 years now, and I have accumulated what might be considered an empire of stuff. <br /> <br />Tom
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