07-17-2011, 03:15 AM
Justin - I'd go right along with FCIN - build the main area, if needed in two sections - and add a plug-in fiddle yard , or possibly a 3-track sector plate at the right-hand end - you could even build it as an Inglenook - don't get trapped into thinking that simple means uninteresting to operate - look at Jack Hills Newcastle RR <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://oscalewcor.blogspot.com/">http://oscalewcor.blogspot.com/</a><!-- m --> I'm currently working with 4' boards and plug-in fiddlesticks with Peco Locolifts adapted to be either fiddle cassettes or sector plates - see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://carendt.us/scrapbook/page93/index.html">http://carendt.us/scrapbook/page93/index.html</a><!-- m --> "innovative design ......" about halfway down the page. There is no way that these cannot be home built to do the same thing. further photos in <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://carendt.us/scrapbook/page80/index.html">http://carendt.us/scrapbook/page80/index.html</a><!-- m --> " Shop tips"