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Thanks mate ... looks as though it will be the second one, or some variation of it. Now the hard part - cleaning of the bench work to do it all - damn I hate this part
Yes I understand but wanted to see how it would look in the plan itself , when it comes to track work yes it would normally have to be nails pulled and feeder clipped ( been there ) . In your plan it looks like you have 3’ x6’ inside the loop which would accommodate a town as well even with only 2 lengths of track.@Lynnb
No can do - it is too big to fit and pretty well secured to the bench work for it to be able to be moved without destroying it. I pretty much have only two choices - leave it where it is and try to add track work to it to make it apart of the new layout (redesign everything around it in other words) or rip it up and ensure the new layout has a place for me to replicate it to a certain extent.
Just so you know - the thing (test track) measures 6' X 3' on average.
Right now I am leaning toward tearing it up and rebuilding it in the new, at least in part.
Sounds like you may be able to remove everything but the test track and then simply add on the new plan? Can you take a detailed photo of the test track on the bench work? I don’t think we’re getting the full picture of what you need to do to keep the old test track where it is.That is pretty much where it sits Lynn - a little further to the right and not as far to the left BUT sits (almost flush) along the front edge of the bench work so I would need to incorporate the "front section of the test track" into the new plan - which was my initial thought.
I have plenty of room to the east to the northern and west of the test track as it sits now to add what the "new plan" shows. The only modifications that I can see would need to be made to the southern edge. I think??? I am still playing with things in SCARM.
Unfortunately the test track was never actually designed - I just threw track down and made it join up where ever so I can't go back and bring up the design to work on.
Is this in the shed space again? What ended up with that build. I don't remember it looking like this practice layout you are showing.This is the "base" idea that I am working on:
That is what I was thinking. Both of these look very similar to the prior designs you liked and I thought finally settled on for the shed layout.This is the part of building a layout I hate - the design work. I can't seem to "drag myself" away from the same old kind of design, they are all pretty similar to one another and that (to me) gets a bit boring I think. Anyway, if you come up with some new radical idea hey - I am ALL EARS, believe me
That is probably good because, I think trying to encorporate the test track would be very limiting on what you could do with the reset.Okay, regrettably I don't think I have any choice but to rip the test track up and start from scratch. When I threw the test track together, I wired it up for DC and not DCC. In other words, I only have three feeders providing power to all of the track work and that wont work for DCC, period. The main issue is the test track is built upon numerous layers of foam and a layer of ply wood, all in all about 3" thick and I really don't fancy having to drill through all of that then try to run feeders to each piece of flex.
So - the test track is out, and I am back looking and thinking about new track plans or using one of the ones already posted. Either way, it will be a new, from the ground up, layout.
That is what I was thinking. Both of these look very similar to the prior designs you liked and I thought finally settled on for the shed layout.
Just kind of random thoughts here, because I am opposite, I love doing the design process. I've designed sooooo many tracks that I've wanted to build and it is just not possible. One can only build so many things given limited time and resources. Plus like you once i've designed several I always have a hard time choosing between them.
My brain is going toward the concept of alternate route. More like the second. The first design's alternate root is more of a short cut rather than a route.
On the other hand the first one makes better use of the center of the layout space, while the second is more or less trains around the edge type set up.
Are you married to the 18" curves or would you be OK with 16.5" and 15"? Seems to me you could get more interesting "interweaving" if you were able to turn a bit sharper. How adverse are you to stacking loops?
Um, yep it is mate - identicleIn N scale is a 20” radius the same as an Ho scale 20” radius ?