Sailormatlac 2012 Resolution Challenge

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Today was a strange day. It was the funerals of my father's friend with whom I seriously started doing model railroading when I was a very young teenager. His late father's brother was also a model railroader that passed away last year too. I've still preserve the rolling stock we used back then and that was given by him. Nothing expensive, but full of precious memories. Anyway, I still managed to do some work on the layout and to complete the benchwork. From now on, except the lighting valence and backdrop, the fun part starts with building mockups (probably this week).

I used Styrofoam (1 1/2" thickness) for the scenery base. No roadbed will be used. Drywall joint compound was used to finish the job in a decent way. I never thought such a small plan on my computer would generate such a large shelf (18" wide)!!!!! ANyway, I like the look of the cars on it. The scenery will dwarf the trains in a realistic way. Lot of place to model the track surrounding and different team track.

The layout top is at 44 inches from the floor. It may seems a little bit low, but it's perfectly at eye level when I'm sitting at my desk. Also, from an operation stand point, it isn't that bad looking. I'm rather small (5'-5"), so it doesn't bother me too much at this point. Anyway, if I really hate this over the time, I found another place in the house where I could relocate it at a good height. For the moment, that will do the job.

Sorry for the bad pictures. My room lighting is awfully deficient.









Matt