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Jacon12, it is difficult to advise folks on which way to go with their first effort. If you are handy with tools and planning, I would suggest buying some scale paper (Staples, Office Depot) and make a scale drawing of your "dream layout." This will help you come to invision the reaities of demension limitations, minimum radius curves, placement and location of structures and scenery. You might wi***o make several copies of your final draft for reference to wiring diagrams as well. Things will go much easier if you have a scale drawing to refer to before you drive that first spike. There are many things to consider, i.e. road bed, gluing or spiking the track, level of difficulty with wiring, switch machines or ground throws, et al. But first, get a track plan on scale paper so you don't "paint yourself into a corner" with random construction.
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