08-04-2009, 01:27 PM
Thanks for the replies, everyone. And no...zero progress to report thus far. I don't have a track plan, which is the reason for this thread, which will serve as a sounding board for ideas.
For my space (think of two 3x6 tables placed in an "L" shape so that one stretch is 9 ft long), I should be able to fit plenty of N scale action. My old layout used a canned track plan (Scenic and Relaxed), so this venture will be new for me. I have a really good idea of what I want visually, but from an operations standpoint, I don't know how to make it all come together.
There is an HO plan that I really like, which should scale down nicely to fit my space. In The Classic Layouts of John Armstrong, the layout is called French Broad Valley. In HO scale it is 18x6x10. Here is a rough scan of that plan, with a little bit of editing. This is the shape of my space as well:
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For my space (think of two 3x6 tables placed in an "L" shape so that one stretch is 9 ft long), I should be able to fit plenty of N scale action. My old layout used a canned track plan (Scenic and Relaxed), so this venture will be new for me. I have a really good idea of what I want visually, but from an operations standpoint, I don't know how to make it all come together.
There is an HO plan that I really like, which should scale down nicely to fit my space. In The Classic Layouts of John Armstrong, the layout is called French Broad Valley. In HO scale it is 18x6x10. Here is a rough scan of that plan, with a little bit of editing. This is the shape of my space as well:
Tony