Here's an odd-shaped room :
I'd suggest that you modify your trackplan to an around-the-room style. You should be able to get wide curves and lots of running room, coupled with easy access to all of it.
Wayne
Can the closet space be used? If so the layout can be run into it or even a helix placed there.
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Dad, I have the same problem my train room is 13' x 9.5' with a bumpin 51" x 24". Making it an odd shape as well. I just built my benchwork to match.
HO scale, around the room with a duck under.
I'd personally go in on the Bobcat and get the "Mom" a weekend pass to a resort or spa.
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nik_n_dad wrote: My son and I have come to the conclusion that we either need to move to a bigger\diggerent house or we need to rent a bobcat when mom's gone and knock out walls.
Perhaps a hammer will suffice. Since you are modelling in N-Scale consider the possiblity of punching a couple of holes in the wall between rooms and using the wall itself as the world's largest scenic divider. City scene on one side, mountains on the other, etc. Or use the other room for a hidden staging yard, with no scenery at all. Walls are only obstacles if they are concerete, with dirt on the other side.
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I think your first space is definitely usable for N-scale.
Using the alcove, and presuming you put aside 36" for an aisle, you would end up with 11-12" space around the edge.. plenty of room for N-scale action. You could have a brach line run along this space then open it up into some industry or terminating town, perhaps with staging, along the right had side of the room.
Because it would be an inside curve, it would be a really great spot for a nice run through some dramatic scenic elements. Trains always look nicer on the inside of a curve then the outside. You could even squeeze the isle down to 30" if you set it up so that no more then one operator would need to be in there at a time..
Chris