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I am in the process of building my third layout - the first 2 were pretty much disasters of over-ambition and general poor planning. I am building in N scale (all 3) and salvaged all the structures from the second layout - there is a 10 year laps between the two. My first suggestion is to make sure you have access to the entire layout. This means as has been mentioned above, don't push a 4x8 up against a corner. Second make sure that the trains will run. Take all the time in the world to lay out your track and don't cut corners - this includes things like not mixing track & rail joiners from various mfgrs., mixing different radius track in a single curve, "fudging the last couple sections of track to compinsate for not getting it straight in the first place. Then run the trains around for a while to make sure that the logic of yout layout actually works for your enjoyment. My current layout is being built on a 6' x 30" office depot folding table, and this is working well, as I can reach every point on the layout without creating an "un-natural disaster" knocking things over when I need to clean track or nudge an engine, etc. Above all, ENJOY! ! ! ! Lannisl
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