andyrawlins

Indoor modelling yes! I have a 7/8ths scale live steam garden railway, but thats built on recycled plastic! I was just concerned that being a fairly long board and only supported at the ends and one side, it needs to quite rigid and I wasn't sure if ply would be rigid enough! thank you anyway Andy

Thanks, I would get the wood from my local wood yard NOT a DIY shed. I did consider having a purpose built board, but think it will be quite costly especially for a bespoke size. 12mm top makes sense. Yes I weathered the wagon and painted the figure myself. Yes to the kit, but the size will be unique and from what I've looked at bespoke production puts the prices up, but I will have a look at his later tonight thanks. My board will be around 8 foot in length which is why I thought about 4" x 1" as it will only be supported along one edge and both ends, so I need it to be fairly rigid - Thanks Andy

I'm new to railway modelling and I am looking to build my first compact shelf layout in 7mm scale. I want to build an ultra compact shunting layout and I'm thinking of building my shelf framework using 4" x 1" softwood and use a ply top. My model will be quite narrow (around a foot or so) as you can see from the attached image, but reading many articles/blogs it appears that a lot of people use ply for the framework as well. I was just wondering what are the pros and cons for each type of wood and would appreciate any advice really.