joe-daddy wrote: twcenterprises wrote:I currently have a 4x8 that's 42" high, and has a few plastic totes underneath. I'm planning an around the walls setup in my adjacent 11x14 foot room. I plan to use standard kitchen cabinets underneath (or maybe custom built) since my lowest-level staging yard is at a proposed height of about 32-36 or so inches. I could (and probably will) omit any framing on this level, I should think the cabinets should support the plywood nicely. Wiring details have yet to be finalized. The only foreseeable problem might be installing Tortoise machines for the turnouts, that will be addressed prior to construction.Brad Brad,note my criteria 2, 7, 9, 10 My new design has these criteriamodular design no section larger than 30" X 72"stuff underneath is portable or moveable for maintenance accessmodules next to a wall limited to 24" deepALL wiring in a channel behind front faciamodules connected with bolts and nuts not screws2X2 legs with 5/16 adjusting boltsno use of the wall for support for anything but the backdrops, modules not attached to the wall.minimum height is 50"cabinets under layout either moveable or easy access to the bottom of the layoutno blind inaccessible spots under the layoutno hidden track, after all the prototype has no hidden track. . . (wrong Joe!) Just my 2 cents,Joe
twcenterprises wrote:I currently have a 4x8 that's 42" high, and has a few plastic totes underneath. I'm planning an around the walls setup in my adjacent 11x14 foot room. I plan to use standard kitchen cabinets underneath (or maybe custom built) since my lowest-level staging yard is at a proposed height of about 32-36 or so inches. I could (and probably will) omit any framing on this level, I should think the cabinets should support the plywood nicely. Wiring details have yet to be finalized. The only foreseeable problem might be installing Tortoise machines for the turnouts, that will be addressed prior to construction.Brad
I currently have a 4x8 that's 42" high, and has a few plastic totes underneath. I'm planning an around the walls setup in my adjacent 11x14 foot room. I plan to use standard kitchen cabinets underneath (or maybe custom built) since my lowest-level staging yard is at a proposed height of about 32-36 or so inches. I could (and probably will) omit any framing on this level, I should think the cabinets should support the plywood nicely. Wiring details have yet to be finalized. The only foreseeable problem might be installing Tortoise machines for the turnouts, that will be addressed prior to construction.
Brad
Brad,
note my criteria 2, 7, 9, 10
My new design has these criteria
Just my 2 cents,
Joe
I see you have different criteria than I do! I suppose I should have read that more thoroughly before I posted. My reply was sort of directed toward everyone, just in case anyone else was thinking along the same line as I am.
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twcenterprises wrote:I see you have different criteria than I do! I suppose I should have read that more thoroughly before I posted. My reply was sort of directed toward everyone, just in case anyone else was thinking along the same line as I am. Brad
My main point is that I don't want areas of my layout that are inaccesible or difficult to get to. Cabinets permanetly mounted would pose such a problem to me. Certainly they can be made portable, removeable etc.