09-28-2009, 10:33 PM
Depends I guess. If you want your layout to be portable, then yes, I'd worry about the weight. My last two layouts have been just the opposite of yours. My last one was built out of 2x2's and 3/4 x 1-1/2's. For some reason this time, on my newest one, I went with 2x4's for the subframe and the same 3/4 x 1-1/2's to support the foam. Yes, it weighs a ton but... who cares?
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I guess one of the reasons I went kinda beefy is because in the future, I hope to put an HOn3 layout above the N scale layout and I wanted the framing to be strong enough to handle it.
I guess one of the reasons I went kinda beefy is because in the future, I hope to put an HOn3 layout above the N scale layout and I wanted the framing to be strong enough to handle it.