I think it was Tony Koester that provided a good description of a Model Railroad layout: “World’s Longest Shelf”. As I have began working on scenery, finding a flat spot to set down spray bottles, plaster bowls, cups, rock molds, paint, brushes has become increasing difficult.

Tonight, I came up with the plan. It involves a fairly good size cart that I can use as a work station and intermediate storage which working on the railroad. When not in use, it can be tucked around the layout. I broke out SketchUp again and threw together a quick diagram. After trying to draw scenery contours using SketchUp, I got frustrated and put it away for a while. I am fairly productive drawing mostly rectangular shapes so this was a good re-acquaintance with the tool.

I have the plywood on hand and plan on using my brad nailer and glue to fasten the pieces together. I will head up to Harbor Freight in the morning for the castors. I should be able to throw this together fairly quickly and turn my layout back into a layout instead of allowing it to become a shelf. Look for an update soon on how the actual construction went.