Layout design
I Moved My Model Railroad
Over the years I've often read in model railroad magazines harrowing tales and wild adventures of moving model railroads from one basement to another. Often these stories would speak of circular saws and crowbars and garbage cans full of broken plaster and ground foam. Usually the modeler would end their story with a solemn warning: "It's just not worth the effort."
Backdrop Sky and Fascia
I have studied too many layouts to count or to remember and I not seen many that both the sky and the fascis work to the best advantage of the layout.
Yes, I'm a newby!
I am so new to the model train industry, as far as internet. Some of the things I read here are way over my head, some of the things make perfect sense. Some of it is all too overwhelming. I know I love trains, I know I want to learn as much as I can from people with a heart to teach. My first question is coming. I presently own a Norfolk & Western Class J 611 Passenger train in HO. The space I have to work with, inside the boundaries of floor trim, is 10' x 6' x 4'. Can someone please tell me if this is adequate space for a "first" layout?
Former Time Saver Plus - Major Expansion
This was my latest creation based on the Time Saver switching puzzle plan in HO scale. It will now be expanded based on a 13 year old former(?) layout that has been stored in my son's garage!!!
I have had various train setups and layouts over the years, but never with scenery (or even ballast). After decades of armchair railroading, I am attempting to really build something worth having.
Sandpiper Bay Terminal
This is the layout I've been working off and on for a little over 2 years. This is my second larger layout (beyond the size of a sheet of plywood), but this is the first one that was planned out better and hopefully will reach completion some day. It is not so large that it can't be built by one person.
Other Alternatives To A 4X8 Layout?
Many people want to enter the model railroading hobby with a HO scale train set(with a circle or oval of track). But, there are a lot of apartment dwellers, condominium dwellers, and urbanites that don't have enough room to build a 4 foot by 8 foot layout(4X8). The 4X8 may not be the best footprint for some people to get started into model railroading because you would need at least 8 feet by 10 feet of space to fit that table into a room(by putting a 4-foot side of the plywood against the wall and having at least a two-foot aisle to walk around the layout).
Cornhill and Atherton - Glanton Town (and a Doodlebug)
Rather more quickly than I expected, I managed to make a decision about whether to build Glanton or Cornhill next.
Cornhill is the interchange between the Antioch Southern and Cornhill and Atherton railroads and as such will be a more significant area. Buildings will be more substantial and more of them, so I decided to build Glanton first, which is a bit more rural and open. It also links the completed scenes of Insular Gorge and (from some time ago) Matrimony hill; aka "The Wedding Cake".
Rob Clark
Track Plan Database Now through Jan 29
Seen tonight on the Model Railroader website:
Track Plan Database Now through Jan. 29 only, preview our track plan database absolutely free.
There are some 800 (+/-) plans to view... if you are at a loss for ideas this should either give an idea or overwhelm!
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http://mrr.trains.com/how-to/track-plan-database#26How exactly is a radius determined?
Hello Members!
Is there a mathematic formula to determine a radius, or a chart. that describes how to determine a radius for a layout by sizes. 24" X 36"; 36" X 48" etc. My goal is to develop an ON30 Dog Bone type layout on the smallest surface space possible.
Thanks in advance for your assistance'..
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