Benchwork sections

As mentioned in an earlier posting, we have built six sections for the yard. These sections are all 4' long, but the width varies between 45 centimeter (17 ¾ '') and 55 cm (21 ½'').
They are build of 18 mm ( ¾ '') plywood sides with 12 mm ( ½'') tops.
It might have been better building all to the same with of 50 cm.

One of the reasons for building the layout in sections, is being able to take the layout with me if we move. But it was also handy when we took them out in our garage for painting and gluing the roadbed; sheets of an asphaltimpregnated soft woodfiberproduct called “Asfalt Vindtett”. This is used to windproof housewalls, and we had some around.



26 feet (810 cm) of yardsections don’t have to take much volume. My youngest son Erlend helped me paint the sections. I chose to paint them a light sand color, and later the roadbed, to seal the dust from the wood.