I was wondering what are the best ways to support your layout?
To make a long story short, I have a 4x6' layout in our basement. Currently, I can only use the layout around weekends because a good friend of ours (who lives outside of Toronto) uses our basement during the week while he's at work. So I have to set it up, stow it away, set it up again, etc. Well, our friend is retiring at the end of March so we will then have full use of our basement.
I currently set my 4x6 layout up on my sons' Thomas table of all places!! :mrgreen: They no longer use the table, it's nice and stable and a good height for us to use the model railway.
Since the model railway will now be set up "semi-permanently" (I'll still have to stow it away when visitors come to stay with us), I'm looking to find what could be used to support it other than the Thomas table.
Ideally, I'd like the layout to be 4 to 4-1/2 feet from the ground. I recently read an article in Hornby Magazine (a British model railway magazine) that recommended using trestles to support one's layout. Apparently, trestles don't cost that much, are stable and easily moved.
So I think I'll consider this suggestion and see what Ikea or Home Depot, etc. has to offer. Since I'm just starting to look into this, I thought I'd toss this question out here. Again, whatever I choose, has to be easily moveable, stable and (hopefully) not too expensive.
Thanks in advance!
Rob
To make a long story short, I have a 4x6' layout in our basement. Currently, I can only use the layout around weekends because a good friend of ours (who lives outside of Toronto) uses our basement during the week while he's at work. So I have to set it up, stow it away, set it up again, etc. Well, our friend is retiring at the end of March so we will then have full use of our basement.
I currently set my 4x6 layout up on my sons' Thomas table of all places!! :mrgreen: They no longer use the table, it's nice and stable and a good height for us to use the model railway.
Since the model railway will now be set up "semi-permanently" (I'll still have to stow it away when visitors come to stay with us), I'm looking to find what could be used to support it other than the Thomas table.
Ideally, I'd like the layout to be 4 to 4-1/2 feet from the ground. I recently read an article in Hornby Magazine (a British model railway magazine) that recommended using trestles to support one's layout. Apparently, trestles don't cost that much, are stable and easily moved.
So I think I'll consider this suggestion and see what Ikea or Home Depot, etc. has to offer. Since I'm just starting to look into this, I thought I'd toss this question out here. Again, whatever I choose, has to be easily moveable, stable and (hopefully) not too expensive.
Thanks in advance!
Rob