02-04-2024, 03:54 PM
I have started on two preliminary steps. One, I made a card footprint of the structure and two, the base that it will be built on. Unlike other structures this will have rails running into the structure so I'm building it on a 1/2" plywood base. The instructions say that they built theirs on a 13 X 22" base, so I cut mine to match:
When I placed the base onto the layout I saw that it took up too much room for the area and it's considerably larger than the structure itself.
I need a smaller footprint because there will be other tracks coming off the turntable than just the three for the structure and I'd have to lay track across the base to do that.
So instead I'll cut the base down to 1" larger around the building walls all the way around except the front, which will be 2". It will be a bit more managable on the workbench as well.
When I placed the base onto the layout I saw that it took up too much room for the area and it's considerably larger than the structure itself.
I need a smaller footprint because there will be other tracks coming off the turntable than just the three for the structure and I'd have to lay track across the base to do that.
So instead I'll cut the base down to 1" larger around the building walls all the way around except the front, which will be 2". It will be a bit more managable on the workbench as well.