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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jacon12 Much obliged for all the advice. I'm wondering though.... it seems building a section at a time is a good way to go but.. what happens when you just have the urge to run trains, and I know that is going to hit? Unless you lay your track and then do all the scenics in sections. Is that the way its done? Jacon12 [/quote] YES!!! I agree here...you wont ever see the light at the end of the tunnel ---namely, the locomotive's light!! Some people like to work on ONE section until its done, then move on, but I wouldn't say that method is for all!!! Certainly not me---I got into the scenery, detailing, etc. so my trains would be enhanced...I didn't want to get so bogged down in construction the trains would have to wait a year or more to run!!! Its good to put a backdrop in first (if you can find one or make one), then build benchwork, then lay some tracks (and have a loop /reverseloops so you can watch them go around the layout).. then i would concentrate on scenes---not just "scenery" but take little parts of your landscape and model what you want...steam terminal, factory setting, or mountain scene. If you get bored--you can start a different section!!
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