Here it is. I have 2 - 4x8s and alot of 2x4’s. Give me some ideas!!! I am modeling Ho, and I am one that has had all 4x8. I’m tired of them. I wan’t something neat. I am wanting to do some switching, and some main line running. Mostly going for your scrap, coal theme. Right now I am still DC but will change over oneday. I am sure some people on here came help me. The room size is a 8 x 8. I’m open to ideas.
Sounds like it’s time for a shelf layout with a duckunder maybe, or a lift bridge?
Rip the 2x4s into 1x4s.
Have a look at the Heart of Georgia illustration layout for a general idea of what you can fit fairly easily on an around the walls shelf layout : http://www.hogrr.com/
An example of a very quick and dirty sketch of a possible around the walls shelf layout (click on image to enlarge):
Shelf layouts is probably the way to go. But theme must be based on your vision of what you are trying to accomplish.
Smile,
Stein
Start daydreaming. What do you see in your ideal layout? A layout is not a bunch of track, it’s a vision. Find the vision.
Try reading my beginner’s guide in my signature. Takes about 5 minutes.