The Sydney Project 10: Subroadbed and much more

I'm one who personally enjoys everything that you do! I'm more of the longer time than the shorter. But beggars can't be choosers either. Always a smile on my face when I see a new alert that you've put something out. Incredible to see this once in a lifetime type of layout. Best to you and the puppy!

Good to see your foreman (Zeus) is maintaining his quality control inspections.

Your work is strictly SUPERIOR! Thank you!

I like the adjustments on the fly and that you’re not bound by the plan you created. This is going to be one heck of a layout.

It’s really coming along Peter. Beautiful work 👍

Epic layout and a challenge for you. Man, it'd be nice to have space for such a basement empire.

THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO AS GREAT WATCHING VERY TIME FROM AUSTRALIA

Very impressie Peter! I am just a couch-modelrailroader at the moment. In another life I picture myself building such a large layout. For now I thoroughly enjoy your videos. All the steps in designing and building. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! Piet Hoffenaar, The Netherlands.

you got the big boy holding the plywood down!!!!! great vid

longer is good , what an awesome railroad that is going to be, kinda envious really :)

Looking Good.

Hi Mpeterll & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Mpeterll & Friends Randy

I cannot wait to see a loco running on this layout. Your benchwork is impeccable. As to the Fast Tracks turnouts do you, or did you ever have problems with the frogs. I used to find that frog point rails would either sit up slightly or sit too far into the frog area causing derailments or tight spots. This didn't happen all the time but it was a problem I never really sorted out.

Very good.

Hey Peter. Been a long time viewer of your work and absolutely love the progress your making on this layout project. My primary question though is, what wood do you use or think is good for constructing layouts with? I genuinely have a huge question mark over my head of what wood I should use. I know the various hardnesses of woods available on the market, but everything you'd think to use has an extremely high hardness scale rating to it. I don't particularly know what wood is easy to work with, cut, drill into, bend, etc. I really want to build a new expandable modular layout that doesn't have benchwork so thick that I can barely drill into or put track nails into it. My father got it for free off the side of the road 6 years ago, but its just a mess of a shoddily built 4x8 table.

When you are designing a layout that someone else is going to build, do you try to reduce the "tricky" spots? 🙂🙂

It appears you had the work shop built large enough to build this customers layout.

Hi Peter, I see a "rollout" section in your project, but not in the design plans or a reason for its location. Is it only for your build, or is there a reason for it that was explained? I know my "dream build" will require such an element to move every usage.

Is this the largest by over all square foot layout you have built?