You are indeed blessed to have such space available, the skills to do this, and a loving wife who supports this! Great work!

There’s more square footage for trains than my 3 bedroom townhome.

i thought my train shed was big.. this is amazing.. this will be a good one to watch develop

I had a friend who was an aero modeler, he would buy something he wanted like a large scale fuselage that cost 500, he would pay the guy in the shop 450 the day before, and then go in with his wife and buy the thing for "50" 😂

Love your simple construction method, especially those legs. Just realised I overcomplicate things, lol. Looking forward to see how you get on!

Reminds me of my younger days when my dad and I built our own train layout(HO) in half of our twin door garage. Those were some enjoyable times in putting it up and then running all the different lines on it. I still have all the old HO sets in storage but I don't have the energy or stamina to do my own platform anymore. But I have lots of great memories and watching videos like this brings much of it back to me again!

I have come into a revival of interest in model railroading again since I'm nearing completion of my college degree, and this video has me extremely excited to see more, and I look forward to watching this project come to fruition. Some day I'll be able to start work on my layout, but until then videos and clubs are about all I have. Would be cool to come visit someday. All in all great video and you earned a sub for sure.

This is absolutely incredible

If that curve was real it still would be cool.

Wow. That’s huge! Nicely done- I’m looking forward to seeing this come together. Thanks for sharing!

Quite an undertaking! Every boys dream, lets face it!! Wish I was there to give a hand!

What an absolutely amazing start to a humongous sized layout, very jealous...watching with interest 👍

Skip the intro 00:50. Hey everyone! Thanks for watching! I see some repeating questions here so I'll try to answer them as best I can: 1. How big is the room? It's approximately 34ft x 42ft (on the short side) x 47ft (on the long side) 2. How big is the train platform? It's approx 28ft x 32ft (on the short side) x 40ft (on the long side) 3. How big are the aisles? The are about 34inches. Not super wide, but adequate for most situations. 4. The benchwork looks too deep so won't it be difficult to reach certain areas easily? Yes, the benchwork results in a reach that is 48" from any edge, which is beyond the generally acceptable 30" maximum, however, the vast majority of track is within the 30", with the remaining area left for scenics. Not the most ideal solution for some, but it helped me meet certain objectives and as we all know, most layouts involve some compromises. Those areas too far to reach (there are two) will have access hatches. I don't expect I'll need to use them much because there are no operations taking place in these areas, only run-throughs. 5. What area and railroad are you modeling? This will be a freelance pike, resembling mountain railroading in the western US. I am a fan and collector of differing road equipment, so doing a prototype model wasn't in the cards.

Those windows work soo well. Beautifully lit by the sun. Great placement.

To make the old standby joke. "My greatest fear is that, when I die, my wife will sell my model trains for what I told her they cost."

Wow, that’s a great space to have. Can’t wait to see it finished. 👍

This is awesome. Thank you for documenting this process. I have always been fascinated by detailed scale model railroad layouts. And wondered what all goes into their construction. I look forward to following you in this adventure. Congratulations on the addition and the project.

That vertical launches were incredible!

Can't wait to watch the development. Thanks for sharing.

Looks amazing! I can wait to see what you do with it! Your previous layout was amazing.

My goodness what a lot of work, can’t wait to see the railroad build👍

This is masterful. Logical construction. Neat and organized. I love it and look forward to more installments! Gary

This is an AMAZING SPACE! What a great foundation for big plans! I would have loved to have seen a glimpse of the proposed model plans to get a sense of scale, maybe share them in your next video? THANKS!

Fantastic space!! This is going to be fun 👍🏼

Looking forward to seeing this progress!

wow, 'real nice work, I like it being sped up and the narration I'm going to watch part 2

Rockets, tanks, rc, and railroads, love it. This is an awesome video. Glad I found your channel but surprised it took so long. A lot of work and progress for just one video. I’m subscribed and looking forward to going back to your old videos while I wait for your new ones.

Dream team layout room......Very nice .......thanks for sharing

well built. keep up the progress. cheers

This is a great project, I can't wait to see how it pans out, thanks for sharing.

Really looking forward to watching this build. Great Start!!

Props to you... great job!

Pretty cool what you did for your club! Hopefully nobody overstays their welcome.

That is top notch work !

you have all the cool toys!

Love it, I wish I had this kind of space

This is why lumber shot up during the pandemic. 😄 Jokes aside, dream set up for my 11 year old son. Awesome work!

Coming along nicely, look forward to the next video 😁

OMG you made it look so easy! WOW what an inspiration! I want to move and start my own benchwork now :D

Some people made sourdough. This guy made a model train EMPIRE! 👏👏👏

Great job, looking forward to the next video.

Having this much space is like , a dream come true.

Love seeing the process

Well here is another build project I'm going to get addicted too. Great video look forward to watching the whole series

Wow that bench work looks great!

Love how you Built the Layout I Bet Doin N Scale would Be Quite the Thing.

looks great, wish could have a space this large for my layouts

Those rockets are so cool. I used to love building rockets and launching them. Brings back memories.

haha, to us in the Netherlands this is so bizar and amazing. The size of this hobby room is more than the living area of all 3 floors of my intire house including the garage. Will be a modellers paradise when finished. keep it up.

Man, that Garage room is huge !

Fantastic. Wonderfull if you have as a trainmaniac the opportunity to start all over again from scratch and with such a great empty space.

Very Cool. Nice work can't wait to see further progress......

@rcgrabbag Given the space you have, I would have SOOO much fun doing things in N-Scale. Not that I have anything against HO-Scale modelers! I just prefer N-Scale and am drooling over the space you have! With the space you have there, I could anything and everything I've ever dreamed of in N-Scale and have room left over for the LEGO collection as well!

Wow can't wait to see more!

Good work fella !

I'm just one guy when I finally had a basement (some years ago) and began a layout about 10 X 13 feet. I am SLOW, after looking at your skills! I got as far as all benchwork, mainline track laid, as well as return loops and hidden staging track...unfortunately life circumstances forced me to abandon. Still? Learned skills for "next time", and your videos show me more ways to do things that will be easier, rather than harder, in future.

Very impressive!

fantastic inspiration

Great work!!👏👏 it is like Italy, in the beginning many people to give advice, after a few seconds only one to do the job😁

Wow this is so cool! I'm starting from the beginning and going to watch the whole series! :D

Outstanding fantastic build

Wow. That's big. Love it

Looks very nice. Lots of work.

Can't wait for the next instalment when you populate the layout!

Looking forward to the next stage of this!!

We will be watching

a brilliant job !

Excellent video..

Great job 👌

Pretty excited to watch this happen.

I really like that you used 1x4 for the bench work. I used 1/2x3" and it has been difficult. Whenever I drive in a nail I worry it will either stick out of the side or split my board. Really nice layout.

Very good work with the carpentry, that looks like a good table. That will be a really nice layout to run! I imagine that's a scale mile or two.

very nice , it is huge !

Great video like it very much .Hope more to come .Take care.

Whit this speed you be finish before Christmas, and then have to start to look for a new hobby :)

Nice work!

looking forward to the finished platform and ultimately the tracks

Awesome!

I don't think it's too late to make this change; I would add some diagonal bracing to some of the sections to mitigate lateral collapse of the whole thing. It will probably never come remotely close to carrying the weight required to cause a lateral collapse, but that extra peace of mind is invaluable.

Your so lucky having such a big space to work with.

Looks awesome buddy 👍🏻

Dang, the MCU could use someone with your speed and work ethic!

Hope those other club guys can help you soon. That thing may never get done otherwise. I wish you good luck.

This is great

Great job!

The lumber cost alone has me sweating. I can only imagine what this ends up looking like as a full scene

How's your back? With all that wood, make yourself a small chop saw station. It hurts just looking at all that bending!

Hi mate, Looks awesome! Good luck with the rest of the build.

I HAD to sub (and like)!! I have to see this finished & operating!!! Honestly!!

I'm not a model train owner, but that looks to be a great Covid project, good luck, I will keep watching with interest, best regards from Australia.

That’s gonna be a good sized HO scale layout

Just subscribed after seeing this 1st video. I cannot wait to see this expand. I just purchased my first house and I am already trying to figure out how I'm going to start laying out my trains.

I don't know if you were a carpenter when you started but you certainly were a carpenter when you finished.😉

Just: wow!

I’m in the initial stage of considering building a layout and have been thinking about all the different issue for a design, this was very insightful

Atleast you now have something to do during the lockdowns hehe

So much for that big party room !

$150,000 train garage and doesn’t have a work bench to put the miter saw on!! Lol! Working off the floor is really hard on a person! Thank you for sharing your build with us. Cool project!

Looks like fun! If I may be so bold as to voice my opinion, you have too much layout and not enough isle space. Best of luck!

Aloha... awesome..