Do you have a video to show how the lift out works? I need to make one, and yours looks good. What keeps it from wobbling from left to right? How do you keep the track aligned? Thank you.
It's essentially just a piece of 3/4" plywood with a notch cut into the edges. As for alignment I have screws that keep the bridge centered on the brackets. It's honestly so simple I don't know that it's worth making a video about it. As for track alignment, that's going to be something that the client needs to fiddle with occasionally as changes in temperature and humidity will make things move. I generally dislike making liftouts / removable sections for this reason.
I think that is a very nicely designed and built layout. The connectors that you use for the dropper wires and the bus wire, what type of connectors are those? Regards, Paul
They are called Posi Taps. They are expensive but they save so much time that it's worth it for me. I wired this entire layout in about 2 hours. If I had used solder it would have been a whole day. www.posi-products.com/posiplug.html
20 - 24 roughly. it was a lot of railroad to squeeze into a small space. I will say however than the Well car (shipping container car) I use to test clearances looked pretty good on the curves through.
To respect my client's privacy I won't mention the specific price for any project on RUclips but to give you a rough idea generally HO would be around $150 a sq ft with track and wiring installed BUT that can vary wildly depending on the products used and requested features. Switch machine and control panels tend to add up a lot quicker than someone using hand of god mode for example.
It's just clamped and screwed together. There's no alignment pins or special fasteners. I don't generally use bolts either as screws provide better alignment.
I generally steer towards Peco but this layout was all Atlas and I have no complaints. To be honest I use the two interchangeably with the only hassle being track joiners as the web on the Peco track is just a little smaller. If Peco had a better variety of switches both larger and smaller I probably would stick with 100% peco all the time. I do have to give a shout out to Walthers new switches however as they are kind of impressive (they remind me of peco in a lot of ways) so they're worth a look.
That’s hard to quote without more details. Bare benchwork is usually around $50 a sq ft. Track& wiring can add $50-200 a sq ft depending on features and materials used.
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That looks like it's going to be an awesome layout for that size of space. That's very similar to the size of space that I am working with.
It is the perfect single car garage layout I think. It makes great use of the space and still has comfortable walkways.
Great workmanship, will be a excellent layout when completed
Looks great!
Thanks!
That’s a really nice layout. It should bring the customer years of entertainment. Nice job.
Great little small layout, and excellent craftsmanship as always.
You do nice work.
Thank you!
Very nice, very professional.
Thank you very much!
Masterpiece really nice!!!
Awesome Work!!!
Thanks!
Very Nice done.
Thank you very much!
Do you have a video to show how the lift out works? I need to make one, and yours looks good. What keeps it from wobbling from left to right? How do you keep the track aligned? Thank you.
It's essentially just a piece of 3/4" plywood with a notch cut into the edges. As for alignment I have screws that keep the bridge centered on the brackets. It's honestly so simple I don't know that it's worth making a video about it. As for track alignment, that's going to be something that the client needs to fiddle with occasionally as changes in temperature and humidity will make things move. I generally dislike making liftouts / removable sections for this reason.
@@MRBenchwork THANK YOU!
I think that is a very nicely designed and built layout. The connectors that you use for the dropper wires and the bus wire, what type of connectors are those? Regards, Paul
They are called Posi Taps. They are expensive but they save so much time that it's worth it for me. I wired this entire layout in about 2 hours. If I had used solder it would have been a whole day. www.posi-products.com/posiplug.html
@@MRBenchwork Thank you for the reply, that is much appreciated! Regards, Paul
This is a nice compact layout. Could you please tell me what the radius was for the curves?
20-24. It varies a little but it's within that zone.
Wow, very impressive. What is the radius of the curves?
20 - 24 roughly. it was a lot of railroad to squeeze into a small space. I will say however than the Well car (shipping container car) I use to test clearances looked pretty good on the curves through.
Thanks. I have a similar space ( 12'x10) And I was stressing over 22" radius
Can you share a rough cost estimate?
To respect my client's privacy I won't mention the specific price for any project on RUclips but to give you a rough idea generally HO would be around $150 a sq ft with track and wiring installed BUT that can vary wildly depending on the products used and requested features. Switch machine and control panels tend to add up a lot quicker than someone using hand of god mode for example.
I'm sorry to bother you again... do you have a picture to show the aligning screws on this setup?
THANK YOU!
It's just clamped and screwed together. There's no alignment pins or special fasteners. I don't generally use bolts either as screws provide better alignment.
Whose tracks do you like using for HO? What about turnouts? Thank you.
I generally steer towards Peco but this layout was all Atlas and I have no complaints. To be honest I use the two interchangeably with the only hassle being track joiners as the web on the Peco track is just a little smaller. If Peco had a better variety of switches both larger and smaller I probably would stick with 100% peco all the time. I do have to give a shout out to Walthers new switches however as they are kind of impressive (they remind me of peco in a lot of ways) so they're worth a look.
@@MRBenchwork THANK YOU!
Do you call your wife Mrs. Benchwork?
Another nice looking railfanning layout, some is going to enjoy running their trains on this layout.
I have yet to find a Mrs. Benchwork. I'm currently single. 😢
Nice and the cost to have 10' by 30'?
That’s hard to quote without more details. Bare benchwork is usually around $50 a sq ft. Track& wiring can add $50-200 a sq ft depending on features and materials used.
Can somebody else order that layout and buy it?
Of course! We’d be happy to build a copy or a slightly modified version for you. Email us at: info@modelrailroadbenchwork.com for details.