Hello all. I am returning to model railroading after a 40 year absence. I have started a small 36" x 80" N scale door layout for now to learn the new ways of model railroading and to get the hang of wiring and terrain building as well. I have a 16' x 16' area for a later layout that like most, have plans within plans so to speak. My first question is " When planning a layout, do you also try to plan for signals and wiring per se or do you build a track plan and then worry about signals later on "? This unfortunately leads to my second question/statement.

It's been a while since I've posted an update and just realized it's been over a year now since starting this project.

I want to thank everyone for the tips and suggestions so far, keep them coming.

So for today I'll post some overview pics and hopefully tomorrow a few closer up to the structures.

So, I've been going through some old model railroad magazines, and I ran across something interesting. They called it "Flip-A-Scene", and it involved building two scenes, one on each side of a board, and then attaching it to a layout, or module on a pivot point, so that the scene can be flipped over, and change the scene to something different... either different location, or different era... now, this particular magazine is from 1988, and that many years ago and all, I'm kinda curious if anyone knows of anybody who has actually done this?

Hi guys,