The first thing I did was to increase the width of the layout by 6 inches to 54 inches. I am now in the process of transferring the track plan to the plywood and I immediately started making some adjustments. Klein and yesterday, so now the fun begins. I received my shipments of track from both M.B. I have placed my order for all of the track and look forward to making further progress once that is received.įor others also working on this layout, please post pictures of your progress. I am using a combination of Atlas Custom Line and Snap switches along with two Walthers curved turnouts. I modified the track plan to simplify Roger's yard to only have 4 tracks instead of six, and will be using flex track instead of sectional track for the curves which will allow for easements. Instead of casters I simply used bolts and t-nuts for the leg levelers. I used glue and a nail gun to create the legs, but ended up using screws for the table frame, only gluing the outside corners and the cross members the legs are attached to. For the benchwork I used Select pine from Home Depot for the exterior frame and legs and used the next grade down for all of the interior cross members. So far I have constructed the benchwork and reworked the track plan using the AnyRail software. I just retired at the end of December so I have plenty of time to devote to it, although I plan to very slowly. I am a newbie to the Model Railroad hobby and am starting my first real layout.
I would like this thread to be used for everyone to document their progress.
However, I have not seen any real threads on their progress. I have noticed from looking at comments posted after all of the Virginian Project videos that many people are in the process of building this layout, myself included.