Expanding the module

First step is to expand the framework of 10mm plywood to the full lenght.


Then it´s time for the bottom of 4mm plywood


Third step is the upper frame with soundproofing styrofoam (2*10mm) inside


And todays last step is the top layer. some pieces of track show the plan, to the left a warehouse and to the right a coal dealer. The road to the left will be altered at the gate of the textile mill...

Sandwichmodule

I regulary build my modules as a "sandwich" with thin (4mm) plywoodsheets and pine strips around a core of styrofoam.

First step is to cut sheet at the right measures (fitting inside the end and sides) I use to cut the sheets in long strips in the hardware store where i buy it.


Then i glue and nail a frame of pinestrips on the top sheet. Also a supporting strip directly beyond the roadbed.


Then i take a brake when the glue hardens. (It´s below somewhere)


Then i fill up the hollow space with styrofoam and glue and nail the bottom sheet.

(To be continued)

In the modulebuilders toolbox

Ok, there´s one part missing and i thought that i will take the opportunity to show a little bit closer the way i build a "sandwich module"

Some of the tools

The straight angle is necesary in a lot of places

Here also

Not here, but that wasn´t meant.

A saw to make straight angles