BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

[jim81147]

That's looking really good. You probably were not going to do this, but don't throw any of that cut Homosote away. You never know when you might want to add trackside scenery at a later date.

I'm sure glad I saved all the wood I cut out of mine. It has come in handy on several occasions. It sure eliminates a lot of measuring and trying to match the existing cut.

I wish I knew what I wanted to do for scenery when I started my layout; I might have left a lot of the plywood intact instead of just cutting the plywood for track only.

With the size of your layout, you might want to number each piece and the corresponding area it came from. Probably save a lot of searching down the line.

I think along the same lines as you . I am kind of a hoarder when it comes to scrap . I have gone back to the pile more times than I can count !!

 

[RhB Michael]

I still have a large piece I wanted to re-fit into the layout on the third level, but it closes off my access hole for that area so that idea is out. Even something removeable is impractical because of the size of the hole. There is just barely room for me to wiggle into it with a short stepladder. To turn aroun, I have get off the ladder and turn arounf and go up again. That's how tight it is.

If I keep eating pie and ice cream I'm not going to fit at all.