It Begins!

I have finally started building the layout!  The last month has been spent buying and installing brackets and supports for the layout frames.  As of now, they are all officially installed and ready for the frames!  See the picture to see what I am talking about.

Please excuse the poor state of affairs I call the Train Room.

These are installed all of the way around the walls.  It is too messy to show the rest...

These are a combination of cheap simple brackets from Home Depot with a simple piece of 1x4 board on top.  There are the basic L-brackets for standard supports and for the corners there are the kind with a support rod.  There will be more load on these areas, so I wanted to put in some extra support.  The boards are used because the brackets are kind of short and would not hold the 2 foot wide frames well.  They all mount to the wall easily and securely.  The only downside is neither type are actually level when installed.  At least this is easy to correct when putting in the frames, may just need some shims.

This weekend will see the beginning of the frames!  The wife will be out for a girl's day so I should be in with a train day :)