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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by talyllyncal I was wondering, if you are modeling narrow gauge, and have a full road map of the line, but dont have the space, how can you prototypically shorten the line? I am in to OO scale, and my issue is that the line is in scale, 504 feet, and I only have a 20/30 foot barn to work in. Could some on give me some pointers? [/quote] 20x30 is 100 feet around the 4 walls, at 1% grade you could go around the walls 5 times and rise 1 foot each time (world's biggest model RR helix?), but you'd need a ladder on wheels to follow your trains. A more practical approach is to chop out huge intermediate portions for modelling purposes (like the rest of us) and model only the significant details along the route to make it shorter. With all that space a series of peninsulas jutting out from a wall (or inter-digitated frrom opposite walls) with walkways between them will give a few hundred feet of back and forth run - not your 504 feet, but plenty long anyway. Sure wish i had that kind of space...
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