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4X8 is a good starter size. Depends on what kind of trains you will run how happy you will be with it in the long run. For modern trains with 60' and up lengths, 18" radius will not look good. If you are modelling passenger operations from any ear, you won't be happy with the tight curves and neither will your locomotives. All of that said, 4x8 is where most of us started and it's just a sheet of plywood that could find other uses when you build the next layout. Hardly anyone I know has only built one and stayed with it.
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