Layout Design Help needed.
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 12:10 pm
I am a completely novice modeler. I have, what I guess is most modelers’ dream, which is a heated cellar in which I have put a 40 feet long baseboard. I have set up a 12 foot double track oval with some sidings just to get used to laying track and getting to install and run DCC. My problem is that I have not got a clue on how to design a layout. I now all the advice is that it is a personal thing, to just do abit at a time and the layout will develop. Unfortunately I do not have the time ( I am 81 years old) I don’t want a particular era I just want to lay track, run trains and then add scenery etc later if there is time, I realize this has to be done to a plan. I have looked at plan books, videos etc and then when I look at my baseboard I think where the heck do I start. As a last resort I found a company that can do everything from building a baseboard to building the layout but they can’t look at my problem until January next year and the cost would probably be too high anyway. I need someone who likes to design layouts as they have gone as far as the can with their own, to design a layout that would fit my baseboard which I can build myself.