I've decided to build a modified free-mo module for the trestle. When I say modified, it means that standerd free-mo modules are 2' wide. I won't be able to do that because of space constraints where the module will be stored at home. Instead that module will be 4' long and 1' wide. This also means that my original stand/display frame work will be replaced.
I began with a 1/2" plywood sheet, cut 1 X 4', and some 2" strip to box the base in from the bottom.
Then I fabricated the end plates out of 3/4" plywood, standard for free mo. THe holes cut in the plates are 6" from the top which will make them line up with a standerd module.
with the Module 48" long and the trestle 41 1/2" long there's only a few inches on each side to spare. I cut two pieces of 1/2" birch plywood to serve as subroadbed on each side and the long piece of plywood is representing the trestle length. There's a number of things I have to figure out yet. Free-mo requires that you have a digitrax UP-5 installed on each side of the module. So I have to figure out where to fit that, and I also have to come up with removable legs of some sort.
I began with a 1/2" plywood sheet, cut 1 X 4', and some 2" strip to box the base in from the bottom.
Then I fabricated the end plates out of 3/4" plywood, standard for free mo. THe holes cut in the plates are 6" from the top which will make them line up with a standerd module.
with the Module 48" long and the trestle 41 1/2" long there's only a few inches on each side to spare. I cut two pieces of 1/2" birch plywood to serve as subroadbed on each side and the long piece of plywood is representing the trestle length. There's a number of things I have to figure out yet. Free-mo requires that you have a digitrax UP-5 installed on each side of the module. So I have to figure out where to fit that, and I also have to come up with removable legs of some sort.