I suppose I should start with an introduction?  I started with trains more years ago than I care to remember, when around age 5 I received an 0 Gauge Hornby clockwork tank engine.  A couple of years later this became a Hornby 00 gauge 3 rail layout, then a 2 rail, until I had around age 15, a roster of around a dozen locomotives, all UK outline.

Just a quick update before I sign off to begin the holiday festivities. I have made sufficient progress on the upper valance to be ready for Santa's LED presents to me. The wall angle for the lay-in lighting panels is completed all way round. That allowed me to begin finish work on the valance front. It is taped and first round of mud.

Wall angle:

Hi folks,

I'm still in the drawing/tinkering phase of layout design and wanted to pose a couple of questions (I'll try hard to explain things clearly).

I have begun to build the first two dominos for my layout.  They are each 2' x 6' and are designed to be one scene.  The frames are 3/4" plywood ripped into 3" wide boards.  The cross members are every 14 1/2" and evenly split up the area.  I am using pocket screws and wood glue to hold the joints together.

Here are all of the supplies.