Help with Layout Plan!!

[mjmueller]

I really want to build this layout at 58" or somewhere around there. What would you guys recommend? I want the new height standard. Also, attached you will find a little update to the idea of the layout. I would not say this is final at all, I would still like your thoughts. I really want this to be a fall scene, so maybe the mountains are out of the question. I want to have 2 to 3 mainlines with a staging area in the middle. I might go multi-level with the helix, but this might not be the right thing to do.

http://tof.canardpc.com/preview2/4eb70503-6aea-4f78-b5dd-e70fa923ce45.jpg (http://tof.canardpc.com/view/4eb70503-6aea-4f78-b5dd-e70fa923ce45.jpg)

[tjcruiser]

58" ! Wow, that's high, by any standard. Are you sure about wanting that?

You haven't mentioned what scale/gauge you're looking at. HO ???

TJ

[mjmueller]

Well, I guess 50" is what I was getting at. 50" is where I think I am going to go with. This is N Scale.

mj

[big ed]

58" ! Wow, that's high, by any standard. Are you sure about wanting that?

You haven't mentioned what scale/gauge you're looking at. HO ???

TJ


He didn't mention that he stands 7' 11" in his socks.:laugh:

Do you have kids that are going to be viewing? A little lower would be better.
32"-36"?
Some go lower.

[sstlaure]

I've got mine set at 42". I'm planning a multi-level layout (gonna be pretty big) and I think the top level will be around 50", lower level at around 36" and staging at 24".

I need to buy Anyrail and really start developing it.

Think about how trains will move about the layout and what they will be doing (switching, transporting, entering/leaving view to simulate coming/going from places off layout, etc.) I'm well into my 11x13 and there are TONS of things I'd do different if I did it again (which I will.)

[tjcruiser]

That's a HUGE layout for N scale. Most N guys have smaller layouts, right? Nothing wrong with going big, but I'm just sayin'...

Cheers,

TJ

[mjmueller]

This was the first layout in my garage I am just tearing down. If you think the new one is big, this was even bigger. I am moving it to the basement due to heating and cooling and height restrictions.

http://tof.canardpc.com/preview2/0705e5dc-532e-4c9a-a023-b2f6a5e5f50e.jpg (http://tof.canardpc.com/view/0705e5dc-532e-4c9a-a023-b2f6a5e5f50e.jpg)

[tjcruiser]

MJM,

Excellent ... great to see such ambitious planning. Keep us posted on your developments.

TJ

[sstlaure]

Awesome.....bigger is better if you've got the room.