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I'm sure some of you are getting tired of this topic, as I've brought it up a couple times over the years. I just dug up some old CAD files I was working on months ago, and came accross an idea I hadn't thought about for a long time. It's an L-shaped "switching layout", but then there are "removable" sections that can make the L a full circle. I should add that since the time I was playing with a configuration like this, I experimented in the garage with some cars, track & wood, and realized I want a pretty high layout. This was a new realization for me. As a kid, I always kneeled down to make the trains right unde my nose. So why not just build it pretty high? The beauty of this method is I could have a workbench right under the layout, partially eliminating my need to share the workbench space problem. I was previously thinking layout in front of me, workbench behind me, all in about an 8 x 10 ft space. But I could, instead have a really high layout, and a low workbench (basically made for sitting at instead of standing). With some CAD sketches I've got going on, this would give me 26" min radius curves - oooh, just worked on it a bit. If I use building flats, or like 1/3 thick buildings, I could get it up to 30" radius. This is including a double-track main. This is actually somewhat prototypical, because the area I'm modeling has a main line and a passing siding. (recently inspired by Joe Fugate's article in the new mag on painting passing track differently from the mainline track). Sssssshhhh - although it's going to be modeled as a passing track, don't tell any hardcore modelers, but you might catch me running mainline trains in opposite directions so I could watch them as if they're on a double track main. Hmmmmm.... Tomorrow (after some rest tonight from engineering work (with the occasional MRR forum browse/post, I'll get a pic into this thread).
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