It's been awhile since I posted anything on this blog. Most of my hobby time this summer has been spent working on my Japanese modules getting them ready for a layout at the
39th Narrow Gauge convention in Sacramento in early September. Been doing a lot of posting about that on my
Tokyo in N Scale blog.
With everything just about ready for that trip, I recently turned my attention back to the home layout and to completing the storage above the layout. I needed to do this before I could further expand the layout past were it is now. Up to now I have been using basic white cabinets from Ikea. To finish off the area at the end of the layout room I am just building open shelves.
This view shows the shelves holding oversized but lighter weight items such as small modules. The posts hanging down from the shelve will be for mounting LED light bulbs same as under the cabinets. The bottom of the shelves will be painted white and tempered hard board lighting valance installed.
This photo shows how I used steel brackets on the top to keep the area where the layout will be open. On the left by the door is where the Palisade tunnels will be with a lift out bridge crossing the doorway.
