No way I am changing my HO plans. But my N scale bug hit me when I acquired some stuff used.
worn and torn needing fixing and really cheap prices, but at a club show a bunch of switches and track in a box nailed me, huge deal 100 bucks for an incredible track lot worth maybe double-triple that price.
The only way I can do an N scale is a shelf layout very narrow with dogbone loops. I’m not going to be very serious about operations on it, but to give it a theme and handle long trains.
But it can’t model what I plan for my HO, so its going to be west coast railroad themed, kinda generic modern with a UP slant, but run anything you wanna, steam diesel whatever, try to make as long of a run as possible in a small space with single shelf level multi-level tracks running along mountain edges.
It might help me practice scenery which I have done very little of while I meticulously make my bigger HO line(s) multi-level shelves. BTW in one of the Model Railroader track planning series is a guy who took a dining room and made an around the room N-scale multi-level shelf layout.
Thats practically the near scheme I am working for my HO at least in working the multi-levels, at least its a real life example to go by. Mostly some trackage is going to loop and wiggle around mountain sides to raise-lower altitude or other trickery I can think up.
I found the Virginian and Ohio HO layout in some old model railroad mags and the club layout I was in virtually duplicated that layout’s loopy track area to gain altitude and running length, the club virtually duplicated the V&O loop area. Looking at pics I swear I was looking at our club’s line.
I’m taking all my planning experience into this layout and hope I make something really cool.
more later in other threads.
