04-29-2011, 06:01 AM
OK, just a few quick comments before I go off to work, I'll come back later tonight and be a bit less brief:
1: you have too many industrial spurs off the main line nowhere near a passing siding. You'll find it very frustrating to work these without a runaround nearby.
2: if you're thinking Vermont, you've got too much railroad for the space you've got available. You're pushing into the realm of the Spaghetti Western.
3: If you've already built your benchwork without a track plan in mind, you've put the cart before the horse. You've assumed that what you have is the only, optimal arrangement for your room, and you've handcuffed yourself as far as planning goes.
Steinjr has the right idea... have several vignette scenes with the railroad running through them. Hide as much of the return track as possible, either on a lower level (with staging - much more difficult now that you've built benchwork) or just hidden behind backdrop.
1: you have too many industrial spurs off the main line nowhere near a passing siding. You'll find it very frustrating to work these without a runaround nearby.
2: if you're thinking Vermont, you've got too much railroad for the space you've got available. You're pushing into the realm of the Spaghetti Western.
3: If you've already built your benchwork without a track plan in mind, you've put the cart before the horse. You've assumed that what you have is the only, optimal arrangement for your room, and you've handcuffed yourself as far as planning goes.
Steinjr has the right idea... have several vignette scenes with the railroad running through them. Hide as much of the return track as possible, either on a lower level (with staging - much more difficult now that you've built benchwork) or just hidden behind backdrop.