Hello all!

As I do a little pencil chewing on my next model railroad (military career, new duty station means a new home and a new layout), I thought I'd get a few thoughts from y'all on building a layout in a rented space, either house, condo, or apartment.  I'm particularly drawn to shelf-style layouts, as opposed to island-style.  Any perspective on challenges or design tips?

I am asking the MHR community for some help in solving a problem I created with my choice of layout scenery. My layout was originally conceptualized 25 yrs ago as a much smaller layout with no intention of adding a backdrop or anything like that. I started this current version with the old idea then expanded it because I had the room to do so. Although I do plan on adding a backdrop at some point, I didn't take this into consideration when I stuck with the basics of how I originally thought the scenery would look. 

Starting off the new year getting back on track with my layout. As I work on my staging level for my FWWR layout I've been trying to come up with ideas to handle trains on my hidden staging level. Seeing some YouTube videos of other modelers layouts I seem the use of cameras. Not knowing how this works, could anybody help a guy out.

This layout is in two rooms I could use two separate systems if need be. I'm thinking about 5 locations for cameras in one room and 3 in the other. What do I need to be looking for?

Wayne

I posted this over on the Proto 48 list serve, but wanted some thoughts from people here in MRH that have had major shifts in their modeling scales over the years.
First off, I've modeled in HO, N, and large scale over the life of my modeling career. Without further ado, here is my rambling and thoughts.

Hello group,
I've been following Gene's blog for a few years now about his adventures into P48 and thought I would join this group and get some ideas/opinions.