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If you think you would learn on the 4x8 and then scrap it in favor of a dog-bone shelf layout, why not initially build the ends of the dogbone with a very short connecting section joining them? Put a small yard or a siding & some industries in the loop. Or a small mountain or village to help sharpen your scenery skills. Practice, learn, make mistakes & improve on these end loops. If in the end you wind up with useless pieces of scrap, then toss them and move on. If as is more likely, you end up with some nice work, then remove the short connecting secion, move the loops apart and build the meat of your layout between them. As you can see, I hate to throw anything out. Wayne
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