Hangable and portable 6x10ft g scale layout?

[homersimpsonlikestrains]

I am planning on making a 6x10ft g scale train layout based on a track layout plan from the thortrains website. However I want it to be portable. How heavy would a 6x10ft layout built with a thin wooden frame and having only foam panels on the surface be? I want to be able to hang the layout like a painting on the wall when not in use. When I want to operate my trains I can take it off the wall and extend its folding legs. Would this be possible? Foam is lightweight.

 

[PowrCab]

Even if you accomplish the stealth hinging it will require at such a size, are you going to remove and replace all the buildings and trains every time you've folded and unfolded it vertically ? Could you not instead build a permanent, say 12" deep, shelf layout along the walls and avoid the iffy, problematic fold- up idea ?

 

[homersimpsonlikestrains]

Even if you accomplish the stealth hinging it will require at such a size, are you going to remove and replace all the buildings and trains every time you've folded and unfolded it vertically ? Could you not instead build a permanent, say 12" deep, shelf layout along the walls and avoid the iffy, problematic fold- up idea ?

Thanks. The scenery, tracks and buildings will be glued to the foam panels. Only the trains will have to be removed every time.

 

[timlange3]

I would put track on a shelf that connects to the layout when horizontal. Then you can load/unload the layout trains without touching them.

 

[boatwrench]

I do not remember the source, MRR, YouTube, here on this forum, FB, but there was a layout built that used lighter than dimensional lumber gator board for the framing. Maybe worth looking into because even with a foam surface dimensional lumber in a 6x10 rectangle will be heavy.

 

[dennis461]

"...Would this be possible?..."

No.
But go ahead and get started. It will be a good learning experience for you.
First put together a list of materials with prices, see how much it will cost you.

When I was young my brothers and I built a small 4x8 layout hinged on the wall over a bed.
It was a dismal failure, in construction and operation.