12-04-2014, 05:36 AM
Dan, after looking at your plan again and again I have tow doubts looking at the green part.
- All the tracks running at several levels and having 180° curves at the end my look like a multilevel wedding cake. The center part my sendup like the stacked rice fields in China. I see a lot of larger US layout with a (rocky) mountain scenery where the tracks run one over the other at a very steep slope.
- If you fight the above mentioned concern with lots of tunnels you may end up with a swiss cheese.
I think you should design a scenery where the huge amount of tracks fits nicely in. That might be a complicated task and it may be hard to plan in advance with a truck planning program. But the raised tracks need a lot of support to be constructed in advance when no scenery is available.
May be you should assess the tracks from point of view of absolute required functionality and try to end up with some less tracks.
- All the tracks running at several levels and having 180° curves at the end my look like a multilevel wedding cake. The center part my sendup like the stacked rice fields in China. I see a lot of larger US layout with a (rocky) mountain scenery where the tracks run one over the other at a very steep slope.
- If you fight the above mentioned concern with lots of tunnels you may end up with a swiss cheese.
I think you should design a scenery where the huge amount of tracks fits nicely in. That might be a complicated task and it may be hard to plan in advance with a truck planning program. But the raised tracks need a lot of support to be constructed in advance when no scenery is available.
May be you should assess the tracks from point of view of absolute required functionality and try to end up with some less tracks.
Reinhard