My workshop
A place to build realistic models
W
hen I started building my Yosemite Valley Railroad
layout back in 1980, the only place I had available
for a workshop was in the two-car garage that also
housed the layout. That workshop was about 7’ wide by 11’
long and served me well. The only drawback was that it was
cold in the winter and could sometimes be hot during the sum-
mers. But it gave me a dedicated, specially-designed space to
build models.
When the last of our kids left home, my wife suggested that I
take over the largest of the two spare bedrooms for my work-
shop. Not only did that give me a much larger space but also
got me into the house with creature comforts such as central
heating and air conditioning.
I designed and built my current workshop with some of the
same design goals that I used for my first shop—to provide a
Getting Real column
by Jack Burgess
Getting a good workshop setup can help
inspire you to do better modeling ...
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