Reference Material for Building a Module

Below are two diagrams depicting the top side and bottom side of a module.  By clicking on the diagrams you can see an expanded picture

Top Side View of an HO Module

Bottom of an HO Layout

And a little progress has been made

Crossover
The Delta Model Railway Club's HO layout is large, but to date only one module has a crossover on the mainline (it happens to be Stuart Wood's module).  My first store module will provide a second crossover of opposite handedness.  The club requires that turnouts on the mainline have at least a #8 frog.  Since I'm using Peco code 83 track and electrofrog turnouts, my crossover turnouts will be part number SL-E8382. 

Painting the Base Module

Painting the base of the model is the same as painting any standard carpentry project.  To remain consistent with the edge colors the Delta Model Railway Club provides a paint kit consisting of a brush and sufficent paint to paint the long ends of the module with two coats of paint.  The short ends of the module are left as raw wood.   Completed modules are clamped together when they are on display and a painted edge tends to stick to another painted edge.  Leaving the edges raw removes this problem.