Promised overview photos showing the spaghetti bowl (contrast to chosen sightline vignettes)

Lots more at https://nscale4by8.github.io/nscale4x8/

Overview

I’m a life-long HO scale guy who, if I were restricted to a 4x8 layout, would probably opt to do without…

But I must admit, this is very impressive![Y][bow]

Jim

Spaghetti Bowl is right!

It looks like a lovely layout with a lot of care taken to maximize the useful real estate, but definitely not my cup of tea. In a way though it does resemble a lot of city railroading, which is not my ideal anyways. Is it operatable or just someplace to watch the trains run?

If you don’t bother to click on his link, you will miss the fact that he designed and 3D printed the buildings. The track plan does look like a spaghetti bowl but with the structures it all works. [Y] [Y]

Thank you [:)]

My challenge was to achive several goals:

  • Provide sight lines and vingnettes that match the prototype, Cleveland Flats Industrial District.
  • Enable continuous running of at least two trains while a third performs switching operation serving industries.
  • Support unattended operation for display at shows. I still hope to show this layout in the future.
  • Serve as an excuse for my growing interest in designing and printing structures incuding lift bridges.
  • Be small enough that I have a realistic chance of “completing” the project.
  • Be extensible if I ever have time for another installment.