10-25-2010, 07:54 PM
Quote:I want to get this planning phase right so I don't have any regrets later. I imagine once I start laying track, this plan will change here and there quite a bit.
Current layout building trends are towards being able to modify your layout after you start building. That's not a bad idea but it seems to me sometimes to be a substitute for good planning. As long as you have a plan ahead of time (and that plan includes the ability to make modifications later) you shouldn't have to make many major changes. This is one of the supposed advantages of L Girder benchwork, an ability to change cross member position to adapt to design changes. Nice to know you could do that, if you had to, I guess, but how many of us will really reach that point or ever need to make those changes? Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.
I've never drawn a plan for an N scale layout before, so this oughta be a challenge. I'll see what I can do this week.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!