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Complete pricing is available on my website. Mrbenchwork.com

Updates, nothing Sharable yet, but I have been promised one. Probably in November. The track is however laid and the owner is running trains while building scenery. I’m also currently in the process of drawing another plan based on this one. It’s about the same size but a more simple track arrangement on what was the mountain side. I do sell existing track plans. Please email me to inquire.

Glue adds strength but makes making changes harder. Sealing your benchwork with paint or stain really depends on your climate. In most cases it’s unnecessary but it’s done for aesthetic reasons. 1/2 sanded plywood or better is what I recommend. Homosote should only really be used for O gauge if at all. It’s really a relic of the past at this point.

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I typically price layouts at $50 a square ft per deck. This layout was a bit different however as there were no surfaces, grades or other subroadbed.

Amazon is a fantastic resource but it’s not the only one. Sometimes I just use Amazon to figure out what search terms I should be using then I google that to find alternative sources. Obviously it depends on what it is but recently I was looking for linear actuators and had better results and options after I googled it. AliExpress is also a decent source if you know how to weed through the garbage.

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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.

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

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.

It is the perfect single car garage layout I think. It makes great use of the space and still has comfortable walkways.

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I have yet to find a Mrs. Benchwork. I'm currently single. 😢

To respect my client's privacy I won't mention the specific price for any project on UA-cam 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.

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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

20-24. It varies a little but it's within that zone.

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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.

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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.

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Many thanks!

A month later and this comment is still a head scratcher

Reshooting this video is on my to do list. It’s about 8 years old if I recall.

www.modelrailroadbenchwork.com/track-planning

Nevada state railroad museum in Boulder City Nevada.

You’d be surprised. Honestly a lot of layouts are just examples of patience and savings. Most of my clients built their train collections for decades before they called me.

18” minimum if I recall but it might have been a little bigger. It was designed with marklin track so smaller radiuses are typically less of a problem. I am working on redrawing this plan with atlas track for the American audience but it’s a side project I’ll finish when I have time.

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Around $50 a sqft

You are spot on. With a mushroom or NOLIX design this layout could actually be squeezed into a much much smaller space. My guess is it would work in something like a 25x35 area. That said, the client has the luxury of space and prefers single deck layouts so this is why it's designed the way it is. For me personally I think the length actually will add to the realism and it will provide some interesting field of depth for photos.

Thanks! This reminds me I actually need to make an update post as I've made some changes since this video went up a few years ago.

Making a review video on the few Mac based track programs is on my to do list. You rightfully pointed out however that I sort of have my hands full so I'm saving it for when I have a little more free time. Usually that's May-July.

Central florida currently but I ship/ deliver all over the country

Track planning services start at $2200

@@MRBenchwork 12 x 40 L shaped room 2 leves

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Yeah building it is going to be task just due to size but the number of electronics involved in this one could make even the benchwork construction different. If I'm lucky enough to get the opportunity to build this I'm going to extensively document the entire process possibly with a weekly build vlog.

I actually don't know what the max grade is (off the top of my head) but it's less than some of the projects I've built and the trains run smoothly.

I'm not going to count my chickens before they're hatched but I do hope I'm able to be a part of the project. It's going to be an incredible layout with a lot of new technologies and processes.