04-29-2011, 08:32 PM
Squid:
Thanks for the reply... I put some serious thought into both your comments as well as Steins comments... and now I have a headache!
I am glad you told me I have too much track... I *knew* that, but yet I kept adding more switches, more sidings, more industry... it is what I do, and it is not what I really want for the layout though...
So... I cleared the design... and played for over 3 hours tonight, and I am coming up empty (hence the headache!)...
Yes, I did build benchwork, but it is easily disconnected and reconfigurable, so I am not married to that configuration, although in a perfect world I could build a suitable plan based on that benchwork... alas, it looks like I am going to have to do a couple things:
(1) accept that the benchwork will need reconfiguration
(2) reduce the track footprint, maybe significantly?
I had some real cool thoughts about a single track running about 3" higher than a road that runs parallel to that track and I started laying that out and then I get to the corners and it just looks and feels weird running around the corners for some reason...
Could I be of some "trouble" and ask both of you guys a *huge* favor... could you sketch out a couple of "starting points" for me based on what you think I am looking for? I feel at this point I need a kick-start to get my juices flowing, because no doubt I am at a dead-end... I am starting to wonder if running trains continuously is causing me more grief and aggravation than it is worth... I just can't get a turnaround to look decent in my eyes... I *never* thought I'd want to do a point-to-point design, but I wonder...
I wish I was playing hockey tonight... need to take some frustration out on some pucks! Argh!
Thanks,
--Rob.
Thanks for the reply... I put some serious thought into both your comments as well as Steins comments... and now I have a headache!
I am glad you told me I have too much track... I *knew* that, but yet I kept adding more switches, more sidings, more industry... it is what I do, and it is not what I really want for the layout though...
So... I cleared the design... and played for over 3 hours tonight, and I am coming up empty (hence the headache!)...
Yes, I did build benchwork, but it is easily disconnected and reconfigurable, so I am not married to that configuration, although in a perfect world I could build a suitable plan based on that benchwork... alas, it looks like I am going to have to do a couple things:
(1) accept that the benchwork will need reconfiguration
(2) reduce the track footprint, maybe significantly?
I had some real cool thoughts about a single track running about 3" higher than a road that runs parallel to that track and I started laying that out and then I get to the corners and it just looks and feels weird running around the corners for some reason...
Could I be of some "trouble" and ask both of you guys a *huge* favor... could you sketch out a couple of "starting points" for me based on what you think I am looking for? I feel at this point I need a kick-start to get my juices flowing, because no doubt I am at a dead-end... I am starting to wonder if running trains continuously is causing me more grief and aggravation than it is worth... I just can't get a turnaround to look decent in my eyes... I *never* thought I'd want to do a point-to-point design, but I wonder...
I wish I was playing hockey tonight... need to take some frustration out on some pucks! Argh!
Thanks,
--Rob.