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Toby - What I was suggesting would only cover you for the part of the layout that is going around the walls, i.e. up to 12in deep or so. To elaborate on my suggestion: A. Put up an attractive shelf from your local Menards, Home Depot, or wherever. Make sure it is at least as wide as you want your layout to be. B. While getting the shelf, pick up a piece of the pink or blue foam used in home construction. It comes in 4x8ft sheets, and of various thicknesses - get a thickness of 1 or 2in. C. Cut the foam so it will fit on the shelf. D. Cut spacer pieces of foam or wood to put under the foam to raise it 1in. or so off the shelf, and just set the foam on the shelf. E. Build the layout on top of the foam. The reason for having the spacer pieces is to allow room under the foam for wiring, etc. You don't have do your empire building while the foam is on the shelf, remove it to your workbench or wherever, then just set it back in place. As your layout grows and you have multiple pieces of foam, you'll have to work out a way of getting your track to cross the joints between the two pieces reliably and yet be removable. Hope this clarifies things, if not let us know. To emphasize what the rest of the guys said - START SMALL. (But plan for the future, that's part of the challenge.) If you try to build the whole grand plan all at once, you can very easily get overwhelmed and just give up. Good luck and have fun - that's what it's all about! Bill K
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