QUOTE (dbclass50 @ 13 Sep 2006, 07:54) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You can see that the main layout is in the outbuilding at "normal" baseboard height - would you place your baseboards directly on the floor ?
Only the transformer is inside the shed. The layout height has been chosen to suit my two older children (7 and 9) and be out of reach of the youngest (11 months) for a couple of years! Mud splatter was also a factor. I gather that track needs to be at least 10" above ground level to avoid the worst of this. The space underneath the main part of the layout is also being used to store stuff (non rail related). The control point folds back under the layout and is then safe from rain without needing to be disconnected.
We have a collection of Metcalfe buildings which are taken indoors when not operating (or if operating in the rain). Operating in the rain is another reason for a higher layout --- you don't have to kneel on the wet ground when putting stock on the track.
My next task is to fit proper tunnel entrances. I am undecided on the best material to use for this --- current options are concrete or the spray on expanding foam.
Only the transformer is inside the shed. The layout height has been chosen to suit my two older children (7 and 9) and be out of reach of the youngest (11 months) for a couple of years! Mud splatter was also a factor. I gather that track needs to be at least 10" above ground level to avoid the worst of this. The space underneath the main part of the layout is also being used to store stuff (non rail related). The control point folds back under the layout and is then safe from rain without needing to be disconnected.
We have a collection of Metcalfe buildings which are taken indoors when not operating (or if operating in the rain). Operating in the rain is another reason for a higher layout --- you don't have to kneel on the wet ground when putting stock on the track.
My next task is to fit proper tunnel entrances. I am undecided on the best material to use for this --- current options are concrete or the spray on expanding foam.
