heloman1 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) A couple of months back I had occasion to venture into the roofspace. Low and behold not too much in the way of roof timbers and an open space of 14.5m x 4.5m (65.25 square meters), with decent headroom. I think I could go bananas with that much space. Just think of the expence in trackwork!!! One day I might just jet started. Colin Edited April 16, 2014 by heloman1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 My son is intending to build a new garage/workshop this year which would mean that the Mini would go & live with him. Which would give me an empty garage with about 2/3 the space you have. So I've been daydreaming of a double track roundy-roundy where I could just sit and watch trains go by like in the 'old days' (when we had a railway worth watching!). So I wouldn't really have a great expense in trackwork, it would be more the time needed to ballast & scenic it. But the problem is I still have only bare, unpainted, unballasted track and no scenery on the 4 foot x 1 foot micro layout I've been 'building' for 3 years or so...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) A couple of months back I had occasion to venture into the roofspace. Low and behold not too much in the way of roof timbers and an open space of 14.5m x 4.5m (65.25 square meters), with decent headroom. I think I could go bananas with that much space. Just think of the expence in trackwork!!! One day I might just jet started. Colin In our old house, I tried for years to build a railway approx. 14ft by 10ft with 2ft wide baseboards. I tried loads of configurations after seeing quite a few different exhibitions and layouts in mags but nothing ever got near completion! I decided that it was too much and to downsize would be the way to go. My advice is to start on something really small, perhaps not much more than a functioning diorama, just so you can actually finish something and use it to learn things from. I have a 8 ft by 1 ft 'shelf' layout in mind, which will consist of a few sidings in a scenic section with a small fiddle yard so the trains have somewhere to come and go from. thanks Mike Edited July 14, 2014 by Mikemx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I have a 8 ft by 1 ft 'shelf' layout in mind, which will consist of a few sidings in a scenic section with a small fiddle yard so the trains have somewhere to come and go from. thanks Mike Which is what me 4 be 1 is intended to be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) I made lots of plans for what I wanted to have on my layout, but they always ended up too large. So I finally decided to build a 4x2 board and fit what I could onto it. A good decision - but it is still at the same stage as Keefr22. (I could have done with an extra six inches....) Edited July 14, 2014 by Graham Boak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerboy Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 (I could have done with an extra six inches....) thats what my missus says ( somebody had to say it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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