09-17-2011, 10:56 PM
Well, since you apparently are not going to actually make up your mind and starting on a layout anytime soon (but you keep inching closer to an entry in the Guiness Book of Records as "person who changed his mind most times about what to model"), I might as well throw in yet another idea.
College dorms are often small. You could go the British way and build a really small layout - like 10" deep by 3 feet long (like three sheets of writing paper put end to end). Like this one:
![[Image: garfield.jpg]](http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp124/steinjr_1965/forum/garfield.jpg)
You can see some pictures of Andrew Knight's H0 scale(!) "Garfield US" version here: http://wealden.weebly.com/show-2010-pics-3xa4.html - it is really two layouts in one - a elevated subway layout on an upper level along the back, and a small urban switching layout at the front.
Maybe this will prove small enough that you actually start to build this. It has plenty of modeling scope - scenic, automation of the subway layout, an inglenook-like lower layout for switching. You can add further cassette staging on the right (also making the switching lead longer), and it should fit into a normal sized car and into a small dorm room - it is about the size of one of those small IKEA shelves.
Smile,
Stein
College dorms are often small. You could go the British way and build a really small layout - like 10" deep by 3 feet long (like three sheets of writing paper put end to end). Like this one:
You can see some pictures of Andrew Knight's H0 scale(!) "Garfield US" version here: http://wealden.weebly.com/show-2010-pics-3xa4.html - it is really two layouts in one - a elevated subway layout on an upper level along the back, and a small urban switching layout at the front.
Maybe this will prove small enough that you actually start to build this. It has plenty of modeling scope - scenic, automation of the subway layout, an inglenook-like lower layout for switching. You can add further cassette staging on the right (also making the switching lead longer), and it should fit into a normal sized car and into a small dorm room - it is about the size of one of those small IKEA shelves.
Smile,
Stein