09-26-2011, 12:32 AM
As I begin to understand that it may take a while before the train rooms are finished and construction of the new layout can start, I need to have something to unwind and relax with. So yesterday afternoon I put together a simple and temporary stand for my old layout sections, making them easier to work on.
![[Image: 1777_w1200.jpg]](http://www.hjemstad.no/pics/1777_w1200.jpg)
Rail height is about 120cm (48"), which makes a nice working and operating height, and I still have room to flip the layout on its side when working on the wiring underneath.
![[Image: 1778_w1200.jpg]](http://www.hjemstad.no/pics/1778_w1200.jpg)
I will also make a small staging shelf by the left wall, but first I have some tracklaying and wiring to finish.
Meanwhile my girlfriend Vigdis is occupying the living room floor. She has just printed out a preliminary track plan, and is working with cardboard mockups of the buildings and structures she wants to have on the layout.
![[Image: 1780_w1200.jpg]](http://www.hjemstad.no/pics/1780_w1200.jpg)
I have ripped a 12mm (1/2") plywood sheet into benchwork parts that she can put together when she's satisified with the plan and wants to move on.
Svein
Rail height is about 120cm (48"), which makes a nice working and operating height, and I still have room to flip the layout on its side when working on the wiring underneath.
I will also make a small staging shelf by the left wall, but first I have some tracklaying and wiring to finish.
Meanwhile my girlfriend Vigdis is occupying the living room floor. She has just printed out a preliminary track plan, and is working with cardboard mockups of the buildings and structures she wants to have on the layout.
I have ripped a 12mm (1/2") plywood sheet into benchwork parts that she can put together when she's satisified with the plan and wants to move on.
Svein