Hey guys , it also shows how warped the piece of wood i chose to build it on is. I bought that plywood brand new at lowe's just for this purpose. A 4x8 that was cut in 2 4x4's at the store. I left the attic window open one humid night that it didn't rain and wala found a part of the locomotive 2 story section poped free of the board. just couldn't straighten it out. That really was some junk plywood sold to me by lowe's. I have a couple of older pieces of ply that are of dimensions that made them not proper for this project that are thinner and 30 years older, or more. They have been in my basement all that time and still dead straight. i am afraid to attempt removing the roundhouse, locomotive shop and machine shop from the board section because it will break. Imagine the repairs I would have to do. And that complicated trackwork to the turntable would have to be redone. I could separate that locomotive roundhouse and shops building from the bad plywood board but I could never get it done in time for Nov 2 train show. That is another project for after this project is done if i want to keep this dorama. The main reason of importance to the show as others is that it is hosted by the New York Society of Model Engineers. That is probably the oldest model club in the world. and i am lucky enough to have a couple of friends that are members.
frank