Morning all.
I have decided to put two 4 by 8’s (Photo 1) together in the middle of my around the wall layout to serve as a base for the yard/ engine roundhouse area. I have a 34” roundabout and a three stall engine building approximately 36 inches deep. Those two items alone will take up about 40% of the square footage ( assuming a foot or so track distance from round to engine house).
Mianne base work somewhat limits exactly how you can site the round. Under the plywood you build up a support structure about three feet square and that means you cannot drop it into the middle of a plywood sheet (see Photo 3 by way of example, I can move the three by three within the four by four grid spacing by rearranging the supports).
I am seeking advice or especially pictures of how you might have attacked this. There should be space for a reasonable yard layout in the extra area. I have a four by four foot space (Photo 2) to go to the main layout from the this middle plywood island (could be a panel or bridge).
Pictures below.
Good holiday to all and thank you and wish me luck.
Jerry
