My wife has been urging me for some time to build a z scale coffee table layout. Given my cold feet with modeling of late, I figured this might be a good way to get back into model building. I purchased a basic Marklin Z-Scale set - a locomotive, a few cars, a transformer, and an oval of track. The entire thing comes in a nice little box, about 6" square. I also purchased an expansion set of track - two switches and some more straight track. Typical German organization - they use a system called SET - The starter set (S) and then various track expansion track sets (E and T) Surprisingly, a variety of steel mill cars are available. I purchased some slag cars and a set of two beautiful 18 axle torpedo cars.
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| Rails and corner posts - grooved for glass |
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| Base, lower frame and corner posts assembled |
For the table, I had some mahogany left over in my shop from a recent work project. I designed the case to have four glass sides and a glass top. Figuring the potential for a piece of glass to break in the future, there is a top frame that can be removed. All the side glass is contained in grooves. The top is a separate mahogany frame, hinged off the top frame, with a single large piece of 1/4" glass. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.
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| Upper frame and top added |
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| Turning a z-scale blast furnace stack on the lathe - to be continued |
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