Lachlan's layout baseboard construction begins

The only thing I did this weekend was yesterday afternoon. On Saturday I had been thinking about the most convenient way to build the support legs for Lachlan's layout, which would be collapsible and at his height, but not too low for me to help him when required. Then a Eureka moment occurred. I was looking at nothing in particular in the shed when my eyes stumbled on my pair of saw horses. These are the cheap metal leg, wood top ones that the hardware stores sell for $40-$50 a pair. The legs are collapsible and they were the right height for Lachlan and me. So Saturday arvo I went off to Bunnings for a recce. All sold out. Sunday afternoon I went down to Brendale Building Supplies and they had a stash. The sold them to me at the catalogue price of $45 for the pair, even though the catalogue doesn't come out until the end of the month. What a great shop! Also four 1/4" bolts, nuts and washers were purchased. By late Sunday afternoon I had bolted the under-baseboard (a MDF sheet) to the saw horses and hopefully next weekend I will be able to affix the top ply baseboards to the MDF sheet and have the layout ready for tracklaying as Lachlan is eager to get into the scenery!

One day I might get back to Illavearf! Maybe if I have a free evening this week I might get out to it, time will tell.