12-24-2011, 04:39 AM
Okay - lets go right back to square one.
Are you planning to move into a dorm in college or are you staying at home?
Do you want to have a portable, transportable or fixed layout ? (Portable means that you can mob=ve easilt, transportable meands it can be moved if needed but not easily)
Haow much space do you have available?
What size would you like to have - bearing in mind time, money, ability?
I hear your comments about scenery - lets be honest ,scenery is a small consideration - Warehouses/factoeies can be scenic flats and urban scenery is buildings, roads and fences - reallytnot difficult to produce - even from cardboard boxes, and paint. Put some lorries and cars in suitable places and dot some c0ntainers about - job done. Cardboard boxes can be replaced over time - but they act a standins for now
Now - assuming the layout is to be portable - is the layout going to pack-up into a box? Is it going to form a box? Is it goiung to be pack-flat - ie is everything going to have to be removed to pack it away(and stored somewhere)? What is the layoutb going to be supported on? - where is it going to be stored? Is it easy to assemble? will it be in the way/subject to damage when it is up? can it be moved easyily if it is portable? If it is portable, wher is rolling stock/controller/transformers/Wires/lighting going to be kept? What 9is the maximum SENSIBLE size of board that you can move solo? Can you design it tp avoid turnouts ctossing board joints.
When you have done some thinking along these lines, then - and only then - can you start to consider designing a layout to fit your available space and requirements. That will at least help you, and us, to try and sort out a layout design
Are you planning to move into a dorm in college or are you staying at home?
Do you want to have a portable, transportable or fixed layout ? (Portable means that you can mob=ve easilt, transportable meands it can be moved if needed but not easily)
Haow much space do you have available?
What size would you like to have - bearing in mind time, money, ability?
I hear your comments about scenery - lets be honest ,scenery is a small consideration - Warehouses/factoeies can be scenic flats and urban scenery is buildings, roads and fences - reallytnot difficult to produce - even from cardboard boxes, and paint. Put some lorries and cars in suitable places and dot some c0ntainers about - job done. Cardboard boxes can be replaced over time - but they act a standins for now
Now - assuming the layout is to be portable - is the layout going to pack-up into a box? Is it going to form a box? Is it goiung to be pack-flat - ie is everything going to have to be removed to pack it away(and stored somewhere)? What is the layoutb going to be supported on? - where is it going to be stored? Is it easy to assemble? will it be in the way/subject to damage when it is up? can it be moved easyily if it is portable? If it is portable, wher is rolling stock/controller/transformers/Wires/lighting going to be kept? What 9is the maximum SENSIBLE size of board that you can move solo? Can you design it tp avoid turnouts ctossing board joints.
When you have done some thinking along these lines, then - and only then - can you start to consider designing a layout to fit your available space and requirements. That will at least help you, and us, to try and sort out a layout design