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<p>I am building a 21 x 13 Nscale and I have learned the following.</p><p>I ended up with 2' wide benchwork with 36" wide sections where I wanted a loop in the track. I went for continuos operation with loops on each end and two reversing loops so I can turn my trains around. Have LOTS of staging! You will want LOTS of trains and you need a place to store them. Discard any ideas about helixes, steep grades and sharp turns. The best place to have a gorge is the MIDDLE of the track benchwork. This is the place to place the lowest elevation track with the highest elevation track crossing above. You go down from the highest elevation to the ends and turn around and come back to the lowest elevation. I think 15" radius curves and 3% grades are the maximum I would recommend. If you do mountains, plan your mountains and make your track fit to them, not the other way around. The problem wih realistic mountiains is ending them at the top of the layout realistically. I don't like duck unders either, I went with a U shape and a return loop on each end. Have lots of sidings and at least two yards. Take a class on how to lay track, there are a lot of tricks to learn. Do some research in types of switches. There are lots of options. </p><p> Have fun and good luck!</p>
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